Racial Differences in How Schools Deal With Disciplinary Problems
Aug 6, 2015 13:41:04 #
Filed in Racial Gap, Research & Studies on August 3, 2015
A new study led by David Ramey, an assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Pennsylvania State University, found that public school districts with large Black populations had significantly higher rates of suspensions and expulsions than school districts with predominantly White populations. The study collected and analyzed data from 60,000 schools in 6,000 school districts across the country.
The results show that disciplinary problems in school districts with large Black populations were more likely to be reported to police and other law enforcement authorities than was the case in predominantly White districts. The study also found that school districts with large Black populations were less likely than predominantly White districts to consider medical or counseling treatments for behavioral problems.
Dr. Ramey notes that for the same minor levels of misbehaviors for example, classroom disruptions, talking back White kids tend to get viewed as having ADHD, or having some sort of behavioral problem, while Black kids are viewed as being unruly and unwilling to learn.
Dr. Ramey states that theres been a real push toward school safety and theres been a real push for schools to show they are being accountable. But, any zero-tolerance policy or mandatory top-down solutions might be undermining what would be otherwise good efforts at discipline, and not establishing an environment based around all the options available.
A new study led by David Ramey, an assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Pennsylvania State University, found that public school districts with large Black populations had significantly higher rates of suspensions and expulsions than school districts with predominantly White populations. The study collected and analyzed data from 60,000 schools in 6,000 school districts across the country.
The results show that disciplinary problems in school districts with large Black populations were more likely to be reported to police and other law enforcement authorities than was the case in predominantly White districts. The study also found that school districts with large Black populations were less likely than predominantly White districts to consider medical or counseling treatments for behavioral problems.
Dr. Ramey notes that for the same minor levels of misbehaviors for example, classroom disruptions, talking back White kids tend to get viewed as having ADHD, or having some sort of behavioral problem, while Black kids are viewed as being unruly and unwilling to learn.
Dr. Ramey states that theres been a real push toward school safety and theres been a real push for schools to show they are being accountable. But, any zero-tolerance policy or mandatory top-down solutions might be undermining what would be otherwise good efforts at discipline, and not establishing an environment based around all the options available.
Aug 6, 2015 14:09:00 #
KHH1 wrote:
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It couldn't possibly be because Blacks are more prone to doing things calling for disciplinary actions could it?
How often do whites attack their teachers and other students as opposed to Blacks?
Aug 6, 2015 14:13:12 #
PoppaGringo wrote:
It couldn't possibly be because Blacks are more prone to doing things calling for disciplinary actions could it?
How often do whites attack their teachers and other students as opposed to Blacks?
How often do whites attack their teachers and other students as opposed to Blacks?
Dr. Ramey notes that for the same minor levels of misbehaviors for example, classroom disruptions, talking back White kids tend to get viewed as having ADHD, or having some sort of behavioral problem, while Black kids are viewed as being unruly and unwilling to learn.
Aug 6, 2015 14:23:11 #
PoppaGringo wrote:
It couldn't possibly be because Blacks are more prone to doing things calling for disciplinary actions could it?
How often do whites attack their teachers and other students as opposed to Blacks?
How often do whites attack their teachers and other students as opposed to Blacks?
All the time.
Don't you ever read anything but 1pp?
Aug 15, 2015 13:32:31 #
I will never understand this country's attitude towards criminalizing children. We should be guiding children not giving them police records, throwing them out of school, or labeling them. When any child misbehaves, to my way of thinking it is out of frustration at a situation they feel helpless to correct. We should be asking why not just removing the child.
Aug 15, 2015 14:16:21 #
She Wolf wrote:
I will never understand this country's attitude towards criminalizing children. We should be guiding children not giving them police records, throwing them out of school, or labeling them. When any child misbehaves, to my way of thinking it is out of frustration at a situation they feel helpless to correct. We should be asking why not just removing the child.
That recent video of the police office handcuffing the children with behavioral issues on their biceps was especially disheartening.
I don't understand why the school didn't have a plan in place under 504, why would the police even be consulted?
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html
Schools are required to use the least restrictive methods available, it doesn't seem to me that handcuffs would fall into that description.
Aug 15, 2015 14:17:40 #
KHH1 wrote:
Dr. Ramey notes that for the same minor levels of misbehaviors for example, classroom disruptions, talking back White kids tend to get viewed as having ADHD, or having some sort of behavioral problem, while Black kids are viewed as being unruly and unwilling to learn.
2 bricks short, just can't help it.
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