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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.
Date
2016
In publication
American Educational Research Journal
Volume
53
Issue
6
Pages
1663-1697
Resource type
en
Resource status/form
en
Scholarship genre
en
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en Yes
Peer reviewed
en 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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