Restorative Interventions and School Discipline Sanctions in a Large Urban School District
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Title
Restorative Interventions and School Discipline Sanctions in a Large Urban School District
Abstract/Description
A large urban district (N = 90,546 students, n = 180 schools) implemented restorative interventions as a response to school discipline incidents. Findings from multilevel modeling of student discipline records (n = 9,921) revealed that youth from groups that tend to be overrepresented in suspensions and expulsions (e.g., Black, Latino, and Native American youth; boys; and students in special education) had similar, if not greater, rates of participation in restorative interventions than their peers. First-semester participants in restorative interventions had lower odds of receiving office discipline referrals (OR .21, p < .001) and suspensions (OR .07, p < .001) in the second semester. However, the suspension gap between Black and White students persisted. Implications for reform in school discipline practices are noted.
Author/creator
Date
In publication
Volume
53
Issue
6
Pages
1663-1697
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Empirical
Open access/full-text available
Yes
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
0002-8312
Citation
Anyon, Y., Gregory, A., Stone, S., Farrar, J., Jenson, J. M., McQueen, J., Downing, B., Greer, E., & Simmons, J. (2016). Restorative Interventions and School Discipline Sanctions in a Large Urban School District. American Educational Research Journal, 53(6), 1663–1697. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831216675719
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