Policy Briefing Spotlights What Works to Eliminate Disparities in School Discipline
The Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice Collaborative, Congressional Black Caucus Education and Labor Task Force, and Senator Christopher Murphy presented, "Eliminating Disparities in School Discipline: What Works," a policy briefing on Thursday, March 13, 2014 in DC. This briefing highlighted the results of nearly three years of work by a Collaborative of 26 national experts on disparities in school discipline. Findings from the most recent research were combined with a summary of practical evidence gleaned from extensive work with policymakers and practitioners across the country. During the session, summary briefing papers were released along with recommendations for reducing or eliminating the profound disparities in exclusionary discipline experienced by historically disadvantaged groups. This work represented the most comprehensive compilation and analysis of American research on exclusionary discipline ever attempted. See the agenda below.
Read the executive summaries, full briefing papers, and supplemental papers and documents.
AGENDA
Welcome: Russell Skiba, Indiana University, and Kavitha Mediratta, Atlantic Philanthropies
Presentation of Key Findings
- Framing the Issues: Tanya Coke, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
- Effective Interventions: Anne Gregory, Rutgers University
- New Research & Data on Black Student Behavior: Karega Rausch, Indiana University
- Policy Implications: Daniel Losen, UCLA’s Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project, & Leticia Smith-Evans, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Respondents
- Jennifer Bellamy, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- James Ferg-Cadima, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- Lara Kaufmann, National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)
Senator Chris Murphy, Representatives Chaka Fattah & Bobby Scott also addressed the audience
About the Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice Collaborative
The Discipline Disparities Collaborative is a national initiative comprised of researchers, educators, advocates and policy analysts who have come together to address disparities in school discipline by race, gender and sexual orientation. The Collaborative, sponsored by the Atlantic Philanthropies and Open Society Foundations and led by the Equity Project at Indiana University and UCLA’s Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project, has spent three years meeting with key stakeholders throughout the nation to advance research, policy and practice in addressing disciplinary disparities.
Collaborative Members
James Bell, Founder and Executive Director, W. Hayward Burns Institute
Judith Browne-Dianis, Co-Director, Advancement Project
Prudence Carter, Professor, Stanford University
Christopher Chatmon, Executive Director of African American Male Achievement, Oakland Unified School District
Tanya Coke, Distinguished Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Matt Cregor, Staff Attorney, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice
Manuel Criollo, Director of Organizing, The Labor/Community Strategy Center
James Eichner, Managing Director of Programs, Advancement Project
Edward Fergus, Assistant Professor, New York University
Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor, City University of New York (CUNY)
Phillip Atiba Goff, Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Goren, Senior Vice President, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Anne Gregory, Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Damon Hewitt, Senior Advisor, U.S. Programs Open Society Foundations
Daniel Losen, Director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA
Tammy Bang Luu, Associate Director, The Labor/Community Strategy Center
Kavitha Mediratta, Children and Youth Programme Executive, Atlantic Philanthropies
Pedro Noguera, Executive Director, The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
Blake Norton, Division Director, Local Government Initiatives, Council of State Governments Justice Center
Mica Pollock, Director, Center for Research on Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence at UCSD
Stephen Russell, Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona
Russell Skiba, Director, The Equity Project at Indiana University
Leticia Smith-Evans, Interim Director, Education Practice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Lisa Thomas, Associate Director, American Federation of Teachers
Michael Thompson, Director, Council of State Governments Justice Center
Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director, The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges & Universities
