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Disparities and Discrimination in Student Discipline by Race and Family Income

Nathan Barrett,
Andrew McEachin,
Jonathan Mills,
Jon Valant

Black and poor students are suspended from U.S. schools at higher rates than white and non-poor students. While the existence of these disparities has been clear, the causes of the disparities have not. We use a novel dataset to examine how and where discipline disparities arise. By comparing the punishments given to black and white (or poor and non-poor) students who fight one another, we address a selection challenge that has kept prior studies from identifying discrimination in student discipline. We find that black and poor students are, in fact, punished more harshly than the students with whom they fight.

Keywords
Student discipline; inequality; achievement gaps
Education level
K-12 Education
Topics
Student Well-Being and Mental Health
Tags
Race, ethnicity, and education,
Student discipline,
Poverty
Download 07/2019
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/cw8r-rc78
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Barrett, Nathan, Andrew McEachin, Jonathan Mills, and Jon Valant. (). Disparities and Discrimination in Student Discipline by Race and Family Income. (EdWorkingPaper: -53). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/cw8r-rc78

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