An extensive theoretical and qualitative literature stresses the promise of instructional practices
and content aligned with minority students’ experiences. Ethnic studies courses provide …

… PENNER, PhD, is a professor of sociology at University of California, Irvine, 3151 SSPA,
Irvine, CA 92697; [email protected]. Penner’s … PENNER, PhD, is an assistant professor of …

We apply “value-added” models to estimate the effects of teachers on an outcome they cannot
plausibly affect: student height. When fitting the relatively simple models that are widely …

Students in the United States whose household income is less than 130% of the poverty
line qualify for free lunch, and students whose household income is between 130% and 185% …

Increased interest in anti-racist education has motivated the rapidly growing but politically
contentious adoption of ethnic studies (ES) courses in US public schools. A long-standing …

Hoping to spur dramatic school turnaround, the federal government channeled resources to
the country’s lowest-performing schools through School Improvement Grants (SIG). However…

Concerns around disparities in suspensions and expulsions from schools in the United States
have resulted in a concerted effort to reduce the use of exclusionary school discipline. In …

Teachers’ sensemaking of student behavior determines whether students get in trouble and
are formally disciplined. Status categories, such as race, can influence perceptions of …

OBJECTIVE: Research has found corporal punishment to have limited effectiveness in
altering child behavior and the potential to produce psychological and cognitive damage. …

A growing number of schools are adopting restorative justice (RJ) practices that de–emphasize
exclusionary discipline and aim for racial equity. We examine student discipline as RJ …