Promoting statewide discipline reform through professional development with administrators

Researchers and policymakers have written extensively about the lack of evidence for the use of suspension and expulsion in schools and the disproportionate impact among racial and ethnic minorities and children in special education. As a result, states across the country have passed legislation to...

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Published inPreventing school failure Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 172 - 182
Main Authors Reed, Kelsie N., Fenning, Pamela, Johnson, Miranda, Mayworm, Ashley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Routledge 02.04.2020
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Administrators
Content analysis
discipline equity
Discipline Policy
Educational Change
evaluation
Expulsion
Minority Group Students
Professional Development
school discipline reform
Special Education
State Legislation
Student Behavior
Suspension
Illinois
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Summary:Researchers and policymakers have written extensively about the lack of evidence for the use of suspension and expulsion in schools and the disproportionate impact among racial and ethnic minorities and children in special education. As a result, states across the country have passed legislation to reform school discipline practices, with varying provisions for providing professional development within the reforms. The current study provides findings from a content analysis of activities completed as part of a day-long interdisciplinary professional development implemented within one state in the throes of sweeping discipline reform legislation. Lessons learned and future directions for professional development in school discipline reform are offered.
ISSN:1045-988X
1940-4387
DOI:10.1080/1045988X.2020.1716674