ERIC Number: EJ944412
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec
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Understanding the Black-White School Discipline Gap
Kinsler, Josh
Economics of Education Review, v30 n6 p1370-1383 Dec 2011
At state and national levels, black students are more likely to be suspended from school, and conditional on misbehavior, receive stiffer penalties when compared with white students. Racial bias is often cited as a primary contributor to these gaps. Using infraction data from North Carolina, I investigate gaps in punishment within and across schools, and explore how student-teacher and student-principal race interactions affect discipline. I find a significant statewide gap in discipline that is largely generated by cross-school variation in punishment. In addition, there is little evidence that black students are treated differentially according to teacher or principal race. (Contains 11 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: African American Students, Incidence, Suspension, Discipline, Racial Factors, Punishment, School Personnel, White Students, Differences, Race
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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IES Cited: ED544771; ED544770; ED545227
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