K-12 Racial Disparities in School Discipline

Parent: The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles

eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for April through July, 2026

ItemTitleTotal requestsDownloadView-only%Dnld
2t36g571Are We Closing the School Discipline Gap?63735927856.4%
8pd0s08zOut of School and Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in American Middle and High Schools42021120950.2%
8fh0s5dvSuspended Education: Urban Middle Schools in Crisis40812428430.4%
7hm2456zLost Opportunities: How Disparate School Discipline Continues to Drive Differences in the Opportunity to Learn39623715959.8%
3g36n0c3Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion from School38320817554.3%
0d4807x3Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Subsequent Outcomes: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 19973177524223.7%
99v051v1Opportunities Suspended: The Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance and School Discipline2458615935.1%
9rw655w8Disturbing Inequities: Exploring the Relationship Between Racial Disparities in Special Education Identification and Discipline2378715036.7%
6kw7w8s8Dignity, Disparity and Desistance: Effective Restorative Justice Strategies to Plug the "School-to-Prison Pipeline"2367016629.7%
9d19p8wtThe Striking Outlier: The Persistent, Painful and Problematic Practice of Corporal Punishment in Schools21910311647.0%
1x66c4n2Is California Doing Enough to Close the School Discipline Gap?2121209256.6%
7td9r8gqLost Instruction Time in California Schools: The Disparate Harm from Post-Pandemic Punitive Suspensions2099711246.4%
85m2m6sjThe High Cost Of Harsh Discipline And Its Disparate Impact2068012638.8%
4pw0d5n8Misbehavior, Suspensions, and Security Measures in High School: Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences2038611742.4%
8mv1z75kReconsidering the Alternatives: The Relationship between Suspension, Disciplinary Alternative School Placement, Subsequent Juvenile Detention, and the Salience of Race1886312533.5%
0x36s2wfThe Hidden Cost of California's Harsh School Discipline1796011933.5%
0c39d30hResearchers Responses to Critiques of Our Study, "Charter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline: A Comprehensive Report."1757210341.1%
8fb9x11wThe Costs of High School Failure and School Suspensions for the State of California1725511732.0%
65x5j31hCharter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline: A Comprehensive Review160679341.9%
7zc0c135The Economic Effects of Exclusionary Discipline on Grade Retention and High School Dropout156787850.0%
4sq993qdSent Home and Put Off-Track: The Antecedents, Disproportionalities, and Consequences of Being Suspended in the Ninth Grade1553911625.2%
9dh9k3bqWhere Should We Intervene? Contributions of Behavior, Student, and School Characteristics to Suspension and Expulsion141598241.8%
2mx8c60xWhat Conditions Jeopardize and Support Safety in Urban Schools? The Influence of Community Characteristics, School Composition and School Organizational Practices on Student and Teacher Reports of Safety in Chicago139518836.7%
8kr718bxUnmasking School Discipline Disparities in California:  What the 2019-2020 Data Can Tell Us About Problems and Progress139528737.4%
5wh4x276Lost Instruction: The Disparate Impact of the School Discipline Gap in California138578141.3%
65w0k9tmClosing the School Discipline Gap in California: Signs of Progress134389628.4%
18h2929cStudent Threat Assessment as a Method of Reducing Student Suspensions131518038.9%
2x35t1tfDiscipline and Participation: The Long-Term Effects of Suspension and School Security on the Political and Civic Engagement of Youth131419031.3%
35z7c5shThe Effectiveness of School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for Reducing Racially Inequitable Disciplinary Exclusions in Middle Schools129359427.1%
6n84676sReducing Suspension among Academically Disengaged Black Males129349526.4%
7xv434vqUpdate to Lost Instruction Time in California Schools129389129.5%
50b4g9h1The Unequal Impact of Suspension on the Opportunity to Learn in CA128507839.1%
8cj0n19mThe Economic Burden of High School Dropouts and School Suspensions in Florida126715556.3%
2pw440h5Disabling Inequity: The Urgent Need for Race-Conscious Resource Remedies12301230.0%
46c8z6z2A Mixed Methods Approach Examining Disproportionality in School Discipline114357930.7%
9148d09qSuspended Education in California113397434.5%
3687h8gzKeeping California's Kids in School111367532.4%
0wq1s982Nationwide Survey of State Education Agencies’ Online School Disciplinary Data for Students with Disabilities 107317629.0%
5437259jNationwide Survey of State Education Agencies’ Online School Disciplinary Data 104347032.7%
2d18x1jbMaking Education Work for Latinas in the U.S.99425742.4%
8855x4xkExamining Disproportionality in School Discipline Practices for Native American Students in Canadian Schools Implementing PBIS92365639.1%
7wc935jgTowards Identifying School-level Factors Reducing Disciplinary Exclusions of American Indian/Alaska Native Students88206822.7%
80x0r63xThe Promise of a Teacher Professional Development Program in Reducing the Racial Disparity in Classroom Exclusionary Discipline400400.0%
2qw5d0rgAvoid Simple Solutions and Quick Fixes: Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Districtwide Approach to Improving Conditions for Learning310310.0%
4tx3p7tkSuspended Education in Massachusetts: Using Days of Lost Instruction Due to Suspension to Evaluate Our Schools310310.0%

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