Assessing the Root Causes of Disparities in School Discipline is a U.S. Department of Education publication created with the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments. The document intends to help guide school communities as they work to create positive, equitable educational environments for all students.
Safe Supportive Learning. Addressing the Root Causes of Disparities in School Discipline: An Educator’s Action Planning Guide. 2015. Washington, D.C.
Preeminent authors in the field of equitable education, Gregors, Skiba, and Mediratta provide practitioners with a ten-point framework to reduce race and gender disparity in school discipline.
Gregory, Anne, Skiba, Russell J., and Mediratta, Kavitha. 2017. “Eliminating Disparities in School Discipline: A Framework for Intervention.” Review of Research in Education 41: 253-278.
There is a demographic mismatch between teachers and students across California’s public schools. The most recent data from the California Department of Education indicated that while 77% of students are Asian American, Black, Latino, and/or Native American, only 39% of their teachers are.
Bristol, T.J. "How to Diversify California's Educator Workforce." Edsource, (2022).
