Sentences with phrase «suspensions on black students»

UCLA's Civil Rights Project calculated that 77 % of the decline in state suspensions from 2012 - 2014 were in the disruption / defiance category.13 Reducing suspensions — and the disparate impact of suspensions on black students — has been the subject of national attention and discussion for several years.

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Most of the discussion around the disproportionality of black students» suspension or expulsion from K - 12 schools has focused on boys.

, American Economic Review, 2005; Anna Egalite, Brian Kisida, and Marcus Winters, «Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own - Race Teachers on Student Achievement», Economics of Education Review, 2015; Stephen Holt and Seth Gershenson, «The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions», IZA discussion paper 9554, 2015; and Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart, «Exposure to Same - Race Teachers and Student Disciplinary Outcomes for Black Students in North Carolina», Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017.

In my research on teacher - student race match and student discipline, we find that black students (who by far experience the highest rates of suspensions and expulsions) who have a same - race teacher are less likely to experience exclusionary discipline.

In a recent speech, Hillary Clinton embraced the Obama administration's efforts to reform school discipline policies that rely heavily on suspension and expulsion, noting that these policies disproportionately affect black students.

The impact of having a same - race teacher on black students» discipline rates is consistently negative across all of the outcomes we examine, including detention, in - school suspension, out - of - school suspension, and the overall number of disciplinary incidents.

And in August 2015, the New York Times reported on a new analysis of federal education data at the University of Pennsylvania, which found alarming trends in suspension rates for black students in 13 southern states, including North Carolina.

Second, Black argues, although the Bloomberg piece touches on a truth by asserting that simply stopping or limiting suspensions can harm students» education, this occurs when a school does not at the same time reform its discipline policies based on positive behavioral support and programs based in restorative practices.

The schools were divided into two groups, signifying high - and low - suspension rates, based on whether black student suspensions fell above or below five percent of black student enrollment.

There has been limited research conducted on disproportionate discipline effects on black male performance on standardized exams but UCLA professor Dan Losen suggests reducing suspensions improves student engagement which produces the safety of the learning environment.

On the other hand, disproportionality «was particularly acute for Black students in high - poverty schools, where they were overrepresented by nearly 25 percentage points in suspensions from school.»

Summary: Most of the discussion around the disproportionality of black students» suspension or expulsion from K - 12 schools has focused on boys.

Further, civil - rights advocates say, suspensions are disproportionately imposed on black and special - needs students, in New York City and nationwide.

He pointed to a growing consensus in research that school suspensions may have harmful effects on the students, and are also disproportionately given to black children.

AFC Testifies on the Draft NYC Discipline Code, January 25, 2017 AFC testified before the NYC Department of Education Office of Safety and Youth Development on the draft citywide discipline code, urging the DOE to continue to reform our school disciplinary system to help students stay in school and reduce the disproportionately high rates of suspension experienced by black students and students with disabilities.

The Department is now considering eliminating guidance aimed at reducing the disproportionate use of suspensions and expulsions on Black and Brown students and students with disabilities.