Sentences with phrase «in school discipline»

The civil rights concerns, meanwhile, arise from the stark racial disparities in school discipline rates, with African American students about three times more likely than whites to be suspended.

«We've seen a significant increase in police involvement in school discipline, especially in schools with majority - black students,» she declared.

One answer is to look for and eliminate explicit or implicit biases in school discipline.

Through our work advocating for equity in school discipline, we often run into the same questions from site and district administrators.

Early adopters of the practice report dramatic declines in school discipline problems, as well as improved climates on campuses and even gains in student achievement.

The racial disparities in school discipline reflect the cultural appetite to punish black children.

As school administrators, we have both experienced the emotions and challenges connected with students making poor decisions in schools that result in school discipline / consequences.

According to the data, racial disparities in school discipline start early.

This report brings the voices of parents and students to the forefront of the debate around how to sustain change in school discipline.

This gap raises the issue of racial discrimination in school discipline.

In this webinar, the authors of these studies will share their research findings and engage participants in a discussion about the policy and practice implications of disparities in school discipline.

For the Days at the Capitol, members of the DSC travel to Washington, D.C. to meet with staff at the US Department of Education, and members of the US Senate and House of Representatives to advocate for positive improvements in school discipline policy and to end school pushout.

Northwestern University's Simone Ispa - Landa, an education sociologist, has been named a 2018 William T. Grant Scholar for her work examining racial inequities in school discipline practices.

Race is not neutral: A national investigation of African American and Latino disproportionality in school discipline.

«Efforts to find alternative consequences have increased in recent years in an effort to reduce the racial gaps that exist in school discipline practices.

At all levels - elementary, middle, and high - schools experienced moderate but steady improvements in school discipline, student safety policy and training, staff perceptions of student behavior, and student suspension and chronic tardiness rates.

American Indian / Alaska Native, or AI / AN, youth are similarly overrepresented in school discipline data: They account for 0.5 percent of total enrollment but 3 percent of total expulsions.

American Indian / Alaska Native, or AI / AN, youth are similarly overrepresented in school discipline data: They account for 0.5 percent of total enrollment but 3 percent of total expulsions.

From where Riley and others sit, Duncan merely evidenced left - leaning tendency to see racism in the school discipline efforts of schools when the real issue is maintaining safe, orderly schools.

E4E teachers came to D.C. on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination to share with Secretary DeVos that the Federal Department of Education has a critical role to play in protecting the civil rights of all students and as a result must continue to highlight the disparities that exist in school discipline, investigate districts where those disparities may be caused by bias, and support the implementation of strategies to reduce punitive discipline.

We'll talk about some local efforts, local successes in school discipline reform and school policy reform, and some of the challenges to implementation.»

That guidance had demanded that there be «systemic» investigations of colleges in response to every individual complaint of sexual harassment or assault and «systemic» investigations of school districts in response to every individual complaint of racial discrimination in school discipline by a teacher or principal.

This goal is particularly pressing given the persistent race - based disparities not only in school discipline outcomes, but also in terms of academic achievement and measures of adult well - being and success.

At the same time, though, Louisville is fighting a possible state takeover, and Betsy DeVos continues to pretend that racism in school discipline policy doesn't exist.

West Virginia and Philadelphia provide examples of how cooperation between state boards, local law enforcement officials, the mental health community, and educators can lead to success in school discipline policy reform.

This can be seen in school discipline data.

In his campaign literature, Lasher says, «We have seen a disturbing rise in school discipline policies that rely on fear and shame; are used to push students out of schools, either directly or indirectly; are too often implemented in racially disparate ways; and which can be the starting point for the school - to - prison pipeline that has contributed to the mass incarceration of young men of color.»

Racial differences in school discipline are widely known, and black students across the United States are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled, according to Stanford researchers.

The most convincing evidence that discrimination contributes to the gap may well come from work on implicit bias more generally, rather than specifically in a school discipline context; it is difficult to imagine that bias applies in the range of educational contexts documented but not in the realm of discipline.

Data show that boys, students of color, and students with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in school discipline rates (U.S. Department of Education, 2014).

They argue that these barriers have created a country that fails to address issues of growing diversity and changing demographics of schools; unequal economic opportunities; regular killings of unarmed black and brown Americans by police; unfair treatment of students based on race / ethnicity in school discipline; stagnant test scores; and persistent gaps in graduation rates.

A small group of members has been meeting to discuss the School to Deportation Pipeline, how immigrant and undocumented youth in schools can face immigration consequences such as detention and deportation when law enforcement are allowed in and around schools or involved in school discipline related matters.

Recently, E4E teachers have ramped up their work in ending disparities in school discipline through both local and federal advocacy.

The federal Office of Civil Rights has the responsibility to ensure that racism is not a factor in school discipline policies or the public education system writ large.

Racial disparities in school discipline also exist in Northwest states, but the pattern of disparity varies.

Student courts are one approach to engaging students as partners in school discipline.

Drawing on ethnographic methods, this work sheds light on the underlying mechanisms that contribute to inequality in school discipline outcomes and educational opportunity more broadly.

[citation needed] Such individuals claim that many problems with modern schooling stem from the weakness in school discipline and if teachers exercised firm control over the classroom they would be able to teach more efficiently.

Other system - wide investigations under Title VI prodded school districts to adopt racial quotas in school discipline when minority parents argued that an individual teacher or principal had improperly disciplined their child.

Also worrying: In Massachusetts and elsewhere, concerns about racial imbalance in school discipline are making it harder to use suspension to establish a structured and safe school environment (the primary beneficiaries of which are poor African American children).

AFC Testifies on School Safety and Efforts to Improve School Climate, November 21, 2017 AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety regarding the NYPD's role in school discipline and matters of mental health.

These practices have become so prevalent that in May 2014, the U.S. Department of Education saw fit to issue two «Dear Colleague Letters» a week apart, reminding charter schools of their obligation to comply with federal civil rights law regarding school enrollment policies, access to charter schools for students with disabilities and English language learners, and fairness in school discipline policies.25

I learned that we are entering an exciting period in school discipline reform whereby educators, policy makers, and researchers are beginning to critically appraise their SEL initiatives with and eye toward increasing considerations about equity and culture.

In 2014 the Department of Education and Department of Justice jointly released an extremely helpful school discipline guidance package to address these kinds of inequities in school discipline and reinforce the meaning of the non-discrimination requirements under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Karega has authored or co-authored numerous professional publications, and has presented at more than 50 research conferences across the country on charter school authorizing, racial / ethnic disproportionality in school discipline, and special education reform.