Reining in punitive discipline: Recent trends in exclusionary school discipline disparities

NY Hwang, EK Penner, M Davison, T Sanabria… - …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Concerns around disparities in suspensions and expulsions from schools in the United
States have resulted in a concerted effort to reduce the use of exclusionary school discipline …

Absence unexcused: A systematic review on truancy

ES Weathers, KB Hollett, ZR Mandel… - Peabody Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Mirroring trends in the legal system, discipline within education has adopted zero-tolerance
policies in an attempt to curb undesired behaviors in school. K–12 schools have expanded …

A window into racial and socioeconomic status disparities in preschool disciplinary action using developmental methodology

TJ Sabol, CL Kessler, LO Rogers… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There are large differences in expulsions and suspensions on the basis of race starting in
preschool and divergent explanations for their cause. The current study explores how …

Academic, attendance, and behavioral outcomes of a suspension reduction policy: Lessons for school leaders and policy makers

KP Anderson - Educational Administration Quarterly, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Exclusionary discipline (eg suspension and expulsion) is associated with lower
student achievement, drop-out, and involvement in the juvenile justice system. Recently …

Up the down escalator? Examining a decade of school discipline reforms

RO Welsh - Children and Youth Services Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Racial inequality in exclusionary discipline is one of the salient educational equity
challenges facing educational stakeholders in the United States (US). This study …

Economics of urban education: Race, resources, and control in schools

RO Welsh - Handbook of urban education, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter provides an overview of the economics of urban education. Economics of urban
education is viewing the features of urban education through economics lens. It explores the …

Local implementation of state-level discipline policy: Administrator perspectives and contextual factors associated with compliance

KP Anderson, S McKenzie - AERA Open, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Many states and school districts are implementing reforms to reduce reliance on
exclusionary discipline such as out-of-school suspension and expulsion. This article uses …

The promise and pitfalls of transformational leadership for decreasing the use of out-of-school suspensions and reduce the racial discipline gap

I Ogwumike, VS Rangel… - Education and Urban …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study sought to explore the extent to which and how principals can help decrease the
use of out-of-school suspension and close the racial discipline gap. This study comprised a …

Discipline disproportionality and policy reform in Arkansas: Effects of state-wide limits on exclusionary discipline in elementary school

KP Anderson, S McKenzie - … of Education for Students Placed at …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
At least 16 states have limited exclusionary discipline for elementary age students, but little
is known about the effects of these policies on discipline rates and disproportionality. This …

Do school suspension reforms work? Evidence from Rhode Island

TA Craigie - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In Rhode Island, out-of-school suspensions were excessively and disproportionately used to
penalize low-level infractions. To address this problem, the Rhode Island General Assembly …