Closing the School Discipline Gap Conference & Research Papers
The Center for Civil Rights Remedies at UCLA's Civil Rights Project, Education Week, Gallup, and the Equity Project at Indiana University hosted Closing the School Discipline Gap, a one-day conference exploring the impacts of exclusionary school-discipline practices, research-based approaches to reducing the discipline gap, and efforts to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
For more information, please contact us at closingthedisciplinegap@gmail.com
Go here for a Summary about this new research.
To read the national report on secondary suspensions, go to "Out of School and Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in American Middle and High Schools"
SEE BELOW FOR THE REPORTS FROM THE "CLOSING THE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE GAP" CONFERENCE
Part I:
Quality Counts 2013: A School-Level View of Climate, Discipline, and Disparities: Chris Swanson (Education Week)
Plenary 1:
Difference-Making: Why education policymakers should attend to frequent and disparate disciplinary exclusion from school
Tia Martinez, The Center for Civil Rights Remedies, Moderator
Robert Balfanz, Johns Hopkins University, Sent Home and Put Off-Track: The Antecedents, Disproportionalities, and Consequences of Being Suspended in the Ninth Grade
Tracey Shollenberger, Harvard University, Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Subsequent Outcomes: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
Matthew Steinberg, University of Pennsylvania, What Conditions Jeopardize and Support Safety in Urban Schools? The Influence of Community Characteristics, School Composition and School Organizational Practices on Student and Teacher Reports of Safety in Chicago
Russell Skiba, Indiana University, Where Should We Intervene? Contributions of Behavior, Student, and School Characteristics to Suspension and Expulsion
Judith Browne-Dianis, Advancement Project, Respondent
Wade Henderson, Esq., The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Respondent
Student Voices and Responses
“Hope, Engagement, and Wellbeing: Lessons Learned from a Million U.S. Students” Tim Hodges (Gallup)
Concurrent Breakouts
Session A: Unintended policy consequences: How some interventions do more harm than good
Leticia Smith-Evans, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Moderator
Jeremy D. Finn, The University at Buffalo – SUNY, Misbehavior, Suspensions, and Security Measures in High School: Racial and Ethnic and Gender Differences
Judi Vanderhaar, Jefferson County Public Schools, Reconsidering the Alternative: The Relationship Between Suspension, Disciplinary Alternative School Placement, Subsequent Juvenile Detention, and the Salience of Race
Karega Rausch, Indiana University, Respondent
Judith Browne-Dianis, Advancement Project, Respondent
Student, Respondent
Session B: Assessing the costs of suspension in dollars and civic sense
Kavitha Mediratta, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Moderator
Miner P. Marchbanks III, Texas A&M University, The Economic Effects of Exclusionary Discipline through Grade Retention and High School Dropout
Aaron Kupchik, University of Delaware, Discipline and Participation: The Long-Term Effects of Suspension and School Security on the Political and Civic Engagement of Youth
Robert Balfanz, Johns Hopkins University, Respondent
Student, Respondent
Session C: What policymakers can learn from data on disparities in discipline
Cheri Hodson, The Center for Civil Rights Remedies, Moderator
Ivory Toldson, Howard University, Reducing Suspensions by Improving Academic Engagement Among School-age Black Males
Claudia Vincent, University of Oregon, Towards Identifying School-Level Factors Reducing Disciplinary Exclusions of American Indian/Alaska Native students
Tia Martinez, The Center for Civil Rights Remedies, Students with Disabilities and Race with Gender (Additional findings from CRDC and implications for IDEA) & Disturbing Inequities: Exploring the Relationship Between Racial Disparities in Special Education Identification and Discipline
Joe Tulman, Took Crowell Institute for At-Risk Youth (UDC), Respondent
Student, Respondent
Part II: Quality Counts 2013: Perspectives on School-Discipline Remedies; Chris Swanson (Education Week)
Plenary 2(A): Can lift-all-boat strategies address the racial/ethnic gaps?
Tanya Coke, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Moderator
Jeffrey R. Sprague, University of Oregon, The Effectiveness of School-wide Positive Behavior Support for Reducing Racially Inequitable Disciplinary Exclusions in Middle Schools
Pamela Fenning, Loyola University Chicago, A Mixed Methods Approach Examining Ethnic Disproportionality in Exclusionary Discipline
Kent McIntosh, University of Oregon, Examining Disproportionality in School Discipline Practices for Native American Students in Canadian Schools Implementing PBIS
George Sugai, University of Connecticut, Respondent
Plenary 2(B): Promising gap-closing interventions
Tanya Coke, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Moderator
Mara Schiff, Florida Atlantic University, Dignity, Disparity, & Desistance: Effective Restorative Justice Strategies to Plug the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Anne Gregory, Rutgers University, The Promise of a Teacher Professional Development Program in Reducing the Racial Disparity in Classroom Exclusionary Discipline
Jamilia Blake, Texas A&M University, Respondent
Ivory Toldson, Howard University, Respondent
Student, Respondent
Plenary 3: Large scale systemic action and overcoming obstacles to change
Dan Losen, The Center for Civil Rights Remedies, Moderator
David Osher, American Institutes for Research, Avoid Simple Solutions and Quick Fixes: Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Districtwide Approach to Improving School Safety
Dewey Cornell, University of Virginia, Student Threat Assessment as a Method of Reducing Student Suspensions
Lisa Thomas, American Federation of Teachers, Respondent
Town Hall: What have we learned? Where do we go from here?
Wade Henderson, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund, Moderator
Lisa Thomas, American Federation of Teachers, Panelist
Kristen Harper, US Department of Education, Panelist
End