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Teacher Perceptions Of Disproportionate Suspensions Between Minority And White Students, Tanika Rachelle Barr
Teacher Perceptions Of Disproportionate Suspensions Between Minority And White Students, Tanika Rachelle Barr
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Throughout public schools in the United States, minority students continue to receive more disciplinary consequences compared to other groups of students. The problem addressed in this study was the persistence of discipline disproportionality between minority students and White students at a public U.S. middle school, even with recent efforts such as the implementation of the positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) framework. Guided by the theory of behaviorism, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions about the persistence of this discipline disproportionality between minority and White students and ways to improve the use of PBIS …
Principals’ Perceptions Of How To Reduce Discipline Disparities For Black Students, Brandi Lee Pineda
Principals’ Perceptions Of How To Reduce Discipline Disparities For Black Students, Brandi Lee Pineda
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Disparity exists in disciplinary actions taken toward Black students compared to White students in the public schools of a county school district in a Southwest U.S. state. Successful school leadership practices are needed to minimize the disproportionality of Black students being expelled, suspended, and routed to the school-to-prison pipeline. The purpose of this basic qualitative case study was to explore school leaders’ perceptions of how to reduce the disciplinary actions taken with Black students in the public schools of a county school district in a Southwest U.S. state. The conceptual framework was critical race theory. The research questions addressed (a) …