Restorative Justice Practices In Urban High Schools The Impact On Disciplinary Outcomes For African American And Latino Male Students With Disabilities

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Restorative Justice Practices in Urban High Schools: The Impact on Disciplinary Outcomes for African American and Latino Male Students with Disabilities

Author : Jill Kathleen Waggoner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Restorative Justice Practices in Urban High Schools: The Impact on Disciplinary Outcomes for African American and Latino Male Students with Disabilities written by Jill Kathleen Waggoner and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploratory sequential mixed methods study examined the use of Restorative Justice practices from a sample of three public urban high school settings in the west coast of the United States to gather data on the impact of such practices on disciplinary outcomes for African American and Latino males with disabilities. The three school sites were identified as high poverty school sites with a majority of students served through Title-I funding. The research design consisted of interviews (n =16), survey data analysis (n = 140), and a review of public documents which were triangulated to answer three research questions. Participants in the sample included school and district administrators, teachers, counselors, and teachers-on-assignment. The interview design intended to find themes that answered the three research questions related to how the use of Restorative Justice practices impacted disciplinary consequences for African American and Latino males with disabilities. Findings were organized into several themes which included: resources and expectations, vision and communication, agency and teamwork, and data-driven decisions. Findings indicated that the majority of staff sampled from the three schools believed that using Restorative Justice practices resulted in a decline in the use of zero-tolerance disciplinary responses, such as referrals to suspension, expulsion, or school citation. Findings also supported the conclusion that Restorative Justice practices had contributed to improved staff and student communication and helped strengthen relationships between adults and students on campuses.

The School to Prison Pipeline

Author : Nathern Okilwa
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785601296
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book The School to Prison Pipeline written by Nathern Okilwa and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume focuses on the role that school climate and disciplinary practices have on the educational and social experiences of students of color.

Perceptions of Urban District Assistant Principals on the Effectiveness of Restorative Practices in Addressing Disciplinary Disparities of Black Male Students

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Author : Daberechi Okafor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Perceptions of Urban District Assistant Principals on the Effectiveness of Restorative Practices in Addressing Disciplinary Disparities of Black Male Students written by Daberechi Okafor and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disciplinary disparity between Black and White students is an issue that continues to span preschool educational settings up to secondary school. This study examined the adverse effects of the disproportional rate that Black boys receive expulsions and suspensions compared to White students. This study also analyzed the role of the campus leaders in addressing this disparity because though teachers play a part in classroom discipline, the decision of expulsions and suspension lies solely on the campus administrator. Thus, this study investigated administrators’ perceptions of the impact of restorative justice in addressing the rate at which Black boys receive disciplinary infractions on the administrative level. The methodology of this study was a qualitative phenomenological research approach. The study consisted of a survey administered to campus administrators that directly impacted the disciplinary decisions on the campus level. Data were analyzed using the In Vivo coding method which arranged the survey results systematically to classify and categorize the administrator’s perception of disciplinary disparities and the effectiveness of restorative practices. The In Vivo coding method labels categories of phrases stated by the participants (Creswell & Creswell, 2018); thus, the coding process was rooted in the participants’ thoughts and ideas, and the codes were then synthesized to create themes to answer the research questions. Based on the research findings, data showed that campus administrators viewed restorative practices as an effective management tool on their campuses. The data also demonstrated that campus administrators perceive restorative practices as a positive tool in mitigating disciplinary disparities of Black male students through their lived experiences of utilizing restorative practices on their campuses.

Closing the School Discipline Gap

Author : Daniel J. Losen
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807773492
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Closing the School Discipline Gap written by Daniel J. Losen and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educators remove over 3.45 million students from school annually for disciplinary reasons, despite strong evidence that school suspension policies are harmful to students. The research presented in this volume demonstrates that disciplinary policies and practices that schools control directly exacerbate today's profound inequities in educational opportunity and outcomes. Part I explores how suspensions flow along the lines of race, gender, and disability status. Part II examines potential remedies that show great promise, including a district-wide approach in Cleveland, Ohio, aimed at social and emotional learning strategies. Closing the School Discipline Gap is a call for action that focuses on an area in which public schools can and should make powerful improvements, in a relatively short period of time. Contributors include Robert Balfanz, Jamilia Blake, Dewey Cornell, Jeremy D. Finn, Thalia González, Anne Gregory, Daniel J. Losen, David M. Osher, Russell J. Skiba, Ivory A. Toldson “Closing the School Discipline Gap can make an enormous difference in reducing disciplinary exclusions across the country. This book not only exposes unsound practices and their disparate impact on the historically disadvantaged, but provides educators, policymakers, and community advocates with an array of remedies that are proven effective or hold great promise. Educators, communities, and students alike can benefit from the promising interventions and well-grounded recommendations.” —Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University “For over four decades school discipline policies and practices in too many places have pushed children out of school, especially children of color. Closing the School Discipline Gap shows that adults have the power—and responsibility—to change school climates to better meet the needs of children. This volume is a call to action for policymakers, educators, parents, and students.” —Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund

The Impact of Restorative Practices on Latino Students in an Urban Middle School

Author : Dianne T. Vumback
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Restorative Practices on Latino Students in an Urban Middle School written by Dianne T. Vumback and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mixed-methods research study explored the impact of restorative disciplinary practices on Latino students in an urban middle school. There is a significant need to eradicate the racial disparity on the discipline of Latino students when compared to their white counterparts. School districts are experiencing a rising number of EL students and the need to address disproportionality has increased the urgency to change educational practices to achieve equity. Evidence suggests that exclusionary practices in a school setting has inequitable and adverse effects on students of color and low-income students. Current research illuminates the need for immediate change in school disciplinary practices, shifting from punitive, zero-tolerance policies to more supportive restorative approaches. Growing evidence leads to the conclusion that restorative approaches to discipline that teach students how to resolve conflict by taking responsibility for their actions in order to repair relationships yields better outcomes than punitive/authoritarian approaches. Kurt Lewin’s (1951) Change Theory provided the theoretical framework to analyze the data of this study to determine what factors supported the conclusion that a paradigm shift occurred within the school through the use of restorative disciplinary practices. The study focused on gathering information and understanding the perspectives of the leaders of the restorative team and ESOL teachers in an urban middle school. The qualitative and quantitative data collected indicates that the leadership team and the ESOL teachers positively perceived the effects of the restorative discipline practices during the implementation. The student data, however, indicates that the implementation did not improve students’ overall perception of the school climate with elements such as teachers care, school safety, respecting differences, racism and sense of belonging. The inherent support and advocacy of ESOL teachers to accept other cultures and perspectives had a positive impact on the EL student perspective. EL students experienced the greatest overall increase in perceptions of the school climate on teachers care, school safety, respecting differences and sense of belonging of all subgroups over the course of three years; moreover, they expressed the largest decline in their perception of racism. The implications of the study provide valuable evidence to encourage educators to embrace a wider, more broad restorative practices philosophy/framework, rather than focusing almost exclusively on disciplining differently which would put greater emphasis on building relationships and school community. This would likely result in more positive perceptions of school climate and a need to implement restorative disciplinary practices less frequently.

Inequality in School Discipline

Author : Russell J. Skiba
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137512571
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Inequality in School Discipline written by Russell J. Skiba and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume fills a critical void by providing the most current and authoritative information on what is known about disciplinary disparities. School exclusion—out-of-school suspension and expulsion in particular—remains a substantial component of discipline in our nation’s schools, and those consequences continue to fall disproportionally on certain groups of learners. The negative consequences of frequent and inequitable use of school exclusion are substantial, including higher rates of academic failure, dropout, and contact with the juvenile justice system. As educators, policymakers, community leaders, and other youth-serving organizations begin the difficult work of creating more equitable school disciplinary systems, the need for effective disparity-reducing alternatives could not be more important. Drawing on the multi-year ground-breaking work of the Discipline Disparities Collaborative, the chapters in this book provide cutting edge knowledge supporting a new national imperative to eliminate race, gender, disability, and sexual orientation-based disciplinary disparities.

Discipline Over Punishment

Author : Trevor W. Gardner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475822278
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Discipline Over Punishment written by Trevor W. Gardner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discipline Over Punishment is an exploration of the transformative potential of restorative discipline practices in schools, ranging from the micro-level of one-on-one interactions with students to the macro-level of re-routing the school-to-prison pipeline and improving life outcomes for young people. Gardner, who continues to teach high school in Oakland, CA, has spent nearly 20 years innovating, struggling, and succeeding to implement various restorative justice practices in classrooms and schools around the Bay Area. Using classrooms and schools where he has taught and students, families and educators with whom he has worked, Gardner examines how restorative justice, as a set of beliefs and practices can be a force for justice and equity in our classrooms, schools, and beyond.

Decoding Discipline

Author : Katie E. Lyell Fallo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Decoding Discipline written by Katie E. Lyell Fallo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American students continue to be suspended at rates disproportionate to same aged peers. Exclusionary practices in America's public schools lead to a decrease in a positive school climate, an increase in suspension rates, an increase in drop-out rates, and an increase in interactions with juvenile and criminal justice systems. Supported by decades of research, entities from the American Academy of Pediatrics (2003) to the United States Department of Education (DOE) Office of Civil Rights (2014) have called for a reduction in overall suspensions and expulsions, and an eradication of the discipline gap between African American students and Caucasian students. Thus far, schools have struggled to implement programs and interventions to successfully reduce the discipline gap. Restorative Justice (RJ) or Restorative Practices (RP) have been utilized, with success, in Native American cultures, in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, and in juvenile and criminal justice systems. Within K-12 public schools, the use of RJ and its impact is beginning to be examined for efficacy. The purpose of this study is to use statistical analysis to determine the impact of RJ on a large urban district by studying discipline gap data for the four years prior to implementation and four years after implementation. This is the first known study of the impact of RJ in the San Francisco United School District (SFUSD). Results of the study indicate that the implementation of RJ in the SFUSD resulted in a significant decrease in expulsions, but not in suspensions. Current data confirms that a discipline gap between African American students and Caucasian students is still prevalent. A surprising result of the study, when compared to other recent research in the area, is the indication that RJ in the SFUSD had the greatest positive correlation with the reduction of exclusionary practices at the middle school level. A final look at the demographics of both the SFUSD certificated staff and the SFUSD students provides evidence that the Representative Bureaucracy Theory may be a reasonable way in which to interpret the discipline gap between African American students and Caucasian students.

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Author : Dennisha Murff
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1641139188
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Culturally Responsive Pedagogy written by Dennisha Murff and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Promising Practices for African American Male Students, I take us on a journey into teachers’ perceptions of the impact of implementing culturally responsive pedagogical (CRP) practices on the student learning outcomes of African American male students. The book also helps to identify teachers’ perceptions of the CRP strategies needed in the elementary school setting to address the diverse needs of African American male students. I share the story of educators from a large, diverse elementary school in an urban school district, who have made it their mission to provide African American male students with culturally responsive learning environments where they can thrive. Throughout the book, I make it clear that the implementation of CRP practices has a direct impact on the student learning outcomes of African American male students. The book provides additional research into the existing literature on CRP practices. Through a case study approach, my work allows for additional insight into the potential impact of CRP practices on the student learning outcomes of African American male students in an urban elementary school setting. The book takes us on a journey of highs and lows, ups and downs, and failures and successes. Throughout the book, rich, detailed stories and descriptions are shared based on classroom observations, interviews, and student learning outcomes collected from three elementary school teachers from diverse backgrounds and various years of experience. Classroom observations were conducted using the Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol™ (CRIOP) instrument to assess the practices being implemented in the classroom. As I focused on the hard realities that face African American male students in today’s classrooms, I identified six emerging themes, including one overarching emerging theme, and three promising practices that surfaced during my research. The CRP practices implemented proved helpful toward increasing learning outcomes for African American male students, and, ultimately, closing the achievement gap. As an African American educator, I have been able to see how the lack of culturally responsive practices creates learning obstacles for African American male students. These learning obstacles continue to plague a group that has been historically marginalized in our society. The implementation of CRP practices provides educators with an avenue to remedy a social justice issue that has plagued our nation for years. The information shared in this book can be beneficial for all those invested in closing the achievement gap and increasing student learning outcomes through the use of culturally responsive practices, including pre-service and in-service teachers, administrators, caregivers, community advocates, educational researchers, and policy makers.

Restorative Practices in Schools

Author : Margaret Thorsborne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351704052
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Restorative Practices in Schools written by Margaret Thorsborne and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the techniques to learn and apply when planning and facilitating school conferences. This book contains key documents such as preparation checklist, conference script, typical agreement, evaluation sheet and case studies. It includes guidance on: analysing school practice; deciding whether to hold a conference; and preparing a conference.

A Call For Change

Author : Council of the Great City Schools
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544130189
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book A Call For Change written by Council of the Great City Schools and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 2010, the Council of the Great City Schools released a major report on the academic status of African American males, A Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools. The Council then commissioned a series of solution briefs from some of the nation’s leading scholars and experts to help it think through an effective set of strategies to address the academic needs of African American males. This e-book is a compilation of those papers.

Implementing Restorative Practices: A Case Study of How One Urban High School Approached Alternatives to Punitive Discipline Practices

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Author : Kristi Yvonne Cole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (852 download)

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Book Synopsis Implementing Restorative Practices: A Case Study of How One Urban High School Approached Alternatives to Punitive Discipline Practices by : Kristi Yvonne Cole

Download or read book Implementing Restorative Practices: A Case Study of How One Urban High School Approached Alternatives to Punitive Discipline Practices written by Kristi Yvonne Cole and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 20 years, a serious trend has developed that disconnects too many students from school due to suspensions. Suspensions continue to widen the achievement gap within the educational system. Consistently, African American males are suspended at a much higher rate than the rest of the student population in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee Public Schools Data Warehouse, 2013). The purpose of this study is to determine if restorative practice is a viable alternative to punitive discipline approaches for students. Insights were revealed by gathering lived experiences of the 2011-2012 twelfth grade students and staff at one urban high school that implemented a program of restorative practices with fidelity in order to eliminate excessive suspensions and expulsions. Given the research purpose of studying a model of discipline with possible replication at other sites, the research approach was that of a case study employing methods of document analysis, observation, and individual interviews. Related research questions focused on how leadership implemented the restorative practices model and how necessary conditions for ownership of this model were created. Also, what aspects of the school climate changed as a result of the adoption of the restorative practices model? What is the effect of restorative practices implementation on the suspension rate? Finally, what impact does the restorative practices model have on relationships? The research indicates both students and staff responded positively to the use of restorative practices at this urban high school. Suspensions were limited, the student attendance rate was high and academic success was above average as compared to the district. Relationships between students and staff were strong, as well as the relationships between students. Restorative practices were not only used at the high school, but were extended in many of the students' homes and communities. Moreover, restorative practices were successfully used as an alternative to punitive discipline approaches.

The Big Book of Restorative Justice

Author : Howard Zehr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 168099798X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Restorative Justice written by Howard Zehr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four most popular restorative justice books in the Justice & Peacebuilding series—The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of Circle Processes—in one affordable volume. And now with a new foreword from Howard Zehr, one of the founders of restorative justice! Restorative justice, with its emphasis on identifying the justice needs of everyone involved in a crime, is a worldwide movement of growing influence that is helping victims and communities heal while holding criminals accountable for their actions. This is not a soft-on-crime, feel-good philosophy, but rather a concrete effort to bring justice and healing to everyone involved in a crime. Circle processes draw from the Native American tradition of gathering in a circle to solve problems as a community. Peacemaking circles are used in neighborhoods, in schools, in the workplace, and in social services to support victims of all kinds, resolve behavior problems, and create positive climates. Each book is written by a scholar at the forefront of these movements, making this important reading for classrooms, community leaders, and anyone involved with conflict resolution.

Discipline Disparities Among Students With Disabilities

Author : Pamela A. Fenning
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807780766
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Discipline Disparities Among Students With Disabilities written by Pamela A. Fenning and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decades-long problem of disproportionate school discipline and school-based arrests of students with disabilities, particularly those who also identify as Black or Native American, is explored in this authoritative book. A team of interdisciplinary scholars, attorneys, and education practitioners focus on how disparities based on disability intersect with race and ethnicity, why such disparities occur, and the impacts these disparities have over time. A DisCrit and research-based perspective frames key issues at the beginning of the book, and the chapters that follow suggest promising practices and approaches to reduce the inequitable use of school discipline and increase the use of evidence-supported alternatives to prevent and respond to behaviors of students with disabilities. The final chapter recommends future research, policy, legal, and practice goals, suggesting an agenda for moving the field forward in years to come. Contributors: Amy Briesch, Sandra Chafouleas, Donald Chee, Lindsay Fallon, Pamela Fenning, Amy Fisher, Benjamin Fisher, Emma Healy, Heather Hoechst, Miranda Johnson, Kathleen Lynne Lane, Patrice Leverett, Laura Marques, Thomas Mayes, Markeda Newell, Angelina Nortey, Wendy Oakes, Kristen Pearson, Michelle Rappaport, Monica Stevens, Carly Tindall-Biggins, Margarida Veiga, Elizabeth Marcell Williams, Perry Zirkel

Discipline Disproportionality in Schools Explored Through the Eyes of Students \

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Author : Ryan Christopher Durr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Discipline Disproportionality in Schools Explored Through the Eyes of Students \ written by Ryan Christopher Durr and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation addressed the research question, what are the perceptions of African American male high school students in regard to racial disproportionality and disciplinary practices? This question was addressed through the perspective of African American male students in a school district in northeast Ohio. The topic and research question led to literature research topics such as, the discipline gap, zero tolerance policies, school to prison pipeline, and restorative justice. The study sought to address the gap in the literature with obtaining a student voice on the topics. Several themes emerged from the research. The themes are referrals and removals, equal treatment, and background and reputation. All participants agreed that they had been removed from a classroom by a classroom teacher for one reason or another. The participants also agreed that they believed that not all students in schools are treated equally. Along with this the participants believed that their background and reputation played a key role in the way they were disciplined compared to other students. Some participants even felt that situations that may have transpired as early as elementary and middle school have followed them to high school and still affect them negatively. The research led to implications for teachers, administrators, and students in connection to student discipline practices.

Discipline Or Punish?

Author : Sarah R. Shepley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Discipline Or Punish? written by Sarah R. Shepley and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 20 years, schools have turned to restorative practices and restorative justice (RJ) to counter the inequitable and disproportionate effects that zero tolerance policies, such as suspensions and expulsions, have had on Black and Brown students. Restorative practices are community-building and disciplinary policies that aim to ground school cultures in positive relationships that promote empathy and dignity for all. This thesis studies efforts to implement restorative justice in American schools. I analyzed qualitative data from observing and participating in three RJ training sessions designed for educators implementing restorative practices in their schools and from interviews with schoolbased restorative justice facilitators. My research revealed that restorative practices function through philosophy and process. Buyin to both the philosophy and process are necessary for schools to achieve the benefits of restorative practices, but implementation is difficult due to incompatibility with existing school structures and resistance from educators. Further, restorative justice functions as a disciplinary power that instills selfregulation in students, and the coercive and derisive rhetoric of traditional punishment is easily transposed onto the restorative framework. As a result, restorative justice is compromised when schools utilize restorative discipline alongside traditional discipline or circumvent prolonged restorative outcomes for the expediency of traditional punishment.

Suspensions and Referrals to Law Enforcement of African American Students Pre and Post Restorative Justice

Author : Adrienne Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Suspensions and Referrals to Law Enforcement of African American Students Pre and Post Restorative Justice written by Adrienne Brown and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to compare the number of suspensions and referrals to law enforcement from traditional consequences administered to students in a large urban school district in southeastern United States for the school year 2013 to 2014 to the number of suspensions and referrals to law enforcement from consequences rendered after the implementation of restorative justice practices in the 2015 to 2016 school year, as reported to the Civil Rights Office of Data Collection (CRDC, 2016). There was statistical evidence that schools had policies and/or practices in place that had a discriminatory bias towards racial groups when school discipline was administered (USDOE, 2016). Restorative justice processes worked to guide the conduct of individuals issuing the discipline and those needing to be disciplined (Rawls, 1971). Crosstabulations were used to determine if there were differences in students' behaviors in a large urban school district, categorized by race, gender, and socioeconomics for those who received traditional discipline practices in 2013-2014 compared to those who received discipline during the implementation of restorative justice practices in 2015-2016. A decrease in discipline infractions was the standard used to define a successful outcome for this alternative discipline. Restorative justice allowed discipline to be proactive when implemented with fidelity (Adler, 2011). Findings in this large urban school district, suggested that African American students continued to receive discipline infractions at a disproportionate rate after the implementation of restorative justice. Utilization of this alternative discipline proved to be successful in decreasing the number of single and multiple out-of-school suspensions and referrals to law enforcement.