K-12 Racial Disparities in School Discipline

Parent: The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles

eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for December, 2024 through March, 2025

ItemTitleTotal requestsDownloadView-only%Dnld
2t36g571Are We Closing the School Discipline Gap?44511233325.2%
7hm2456zLost Opportunities: How Disparate School Discipline Continues to Drive Differences in the Opportunity to Learn40524516060.5%
8fh0s5dvSuspended Education: Urban Middle Schools in Crisis3797130818.7%
3g36n0c3Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion from School36017118947.5%
8pd0s08zOut of School and Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in American Middle and High Schools2788918932.0%
7td9r8gqLost Instruction Time in California Schools: The Disparate Harm from Post-Pandemic Punitive Suspensions267212467.9%
9rw655w8Disturbing Inequities: Exploring the Relationship Between Racial Disparities in Special Education Identification and Discipline2318015134.6%
6kw7w8s8Dignity, Disparity and Desistance: Effective Restorative Justice Strategies to Plug the "School-to-Prison Pipeline"1684212625.0%
4pw0d5n8Misbehavior, Suspensions, and Security Measures in High School: Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences1444310129.9%
85m2m6sjThe High Cost Of Harsh Discipline And Its Disparate Impact130339725.4%
8mv1z75kReconsidering the Alternatives: The Relationship between Suspension, Disciplinary Alternative School Placement, Subsequent Juvenile Detention, and the Salience of Race105386736.2%
65x5j31hCharter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline: A Comprehensive Review100415941.0%
7zc0c135The Economic Effects of Exclusionary Discipline on Grade Retention and High School Dropout92454748.9%
8kr718bxUnmasking School Discipline Disparities in California:  What the 2019-2020 Data Can Tell Us About Problems and Progress82107212.2%
2mx8c60xWhat 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 Chicago7496512.2%
5wh4x276Lost Instruction: The Disparate Impact of the School Discipline Gap in California70165422.9%
2pw440h5Disabling Inequity: The Urgent Need for Race-Conscious Resource Remedies670670.0%
4sq993qdSent Home and Put Off-Track: The Antecedents, Disproportionalities, and Consequences of Being Suspended in the Ninth Grade6695713.6%
0d4807x3Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Subsequent Outcomes: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 19976585712.3%
99v051v1Opportunities Suspended: The Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance and School Discipline64145021.9%
1x66c4n2Is California Doing Enough to Close the School Discipline Gap?62422067.7%
6n84676sReducing Suspension among Academically Disengaged Black Males5374613.2%
7xv434vqUpdate to Lost Instruction Time in California Schools534497.5%
0x36s2wfThe Hidden Cost of California's Harsh School Discipline50133726.0%
9d19p8wtThe Striking Outlier: The Persistent, Painful and Problematic Practice of Corporal Punishment in Schools47232448.9%
2d18x1jbMaking Education Work for Latinas in the U.S.46202643.5%
35z7c5shThe Effectiveness of School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for Reducing Racially Inequitable Disciplinary Exclusions in Middle Schools3943510.3%
46c8z6z2A Mixed Methods Approach Examining Disproportionality in School Discipline3993023.1%
8cj0n19mThe Economic Burden of High School Dropouts and School Suspensions in Florida36142238.9%
65w0k9tmClosing the School Discipline Gap in California: Signs of Progress3572820.0%
9148d09qSuspended Education in California3482623.5%
0c39d30hResearchers Responses to Critiques of Our Study, "Charter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline: A Comprehensive Report."3262618.8%
0wq1s982Nationwide Survey of State Education Agencies’ Online School Disciplinary Data for Students with Disabilities 321313.1%
2x35t1tfDiscipline and Participation: The Long-Term Effects of Suspension and School Security on the Political and Civic Engagement of Youth323299.4%
18h2929cStudent Threat Assessment as a Method of Reducing Student Suspensions3092130.0%
5437259jNationwide Survey of State Education Agencies’ Online School Disciplinary Data 302286.7%
8fb9x11wThe Costs of High School Failure and School Suspensions for the State of California30141646.7%
80x0r63xThe Promise of a Teacher Professional Development Program in Reducing the Racial Disparity in Classroom Exclusionary Discipline290290.0%
9dh9k3bqWhere Should We Intervene? Contributions of Behavior, Student, and School Characteristics to Suspension and Expulsion2742314.8%
7wc935jgTowards Identifying School-level Factors Reducing Disciplinary Exclusions of American Indian/Alaska Native Students2532212.0%
8855x4xkExamining Disproportionality in School Discipline Practices for Native American Students in Canadian Schools Implementing PBIS1941521.1%
50b4g9h1The Unequal Impact of Suspension on the Opportunity to Learn in CA1421214.3%
3687h8gzKeeping California's Kids in School93633.3%
2qw5d0rgAvoid Simple Solutions and Quick Fixes: Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Districtwide Approach to Improving Conditions for Learning5050.0%
4tx3p7tkSuspended Education in Massachusetts: Using Days of Lost Instruction Due to Suspension to Evaluate Our Schools5050.0%

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