From Punitive to Restorative: One School’s Journey to Transform Its Culture and Discipline Practices to Reduce Disparities

Schotland, Marieka; MacLean, Harriet; Junker, Karen

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-51257-4_13

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“…The majority of studies employed quantitative approaches, and few studies used qualitative methods. Numerous studies focused on program-based approaches and their impacts on the rates of disciplinary outcomes (Anyon et al, 2016; Bradshaw, Mitchell, & Leaf, 2010; Cornell & Lovegrove, 2015; Flannery et al, 2014; Gregory & Clawson, 2016; Gregory et al, 2014; Gregory et al, 2016; Jain, Bassey, Brown, & Preety, 2014; Schotland, MacLean, Junker, & Phinney, 2016) and other student and school outcomes (Anyon et al, 2014; Bradshaw et al, 2012; Caldarella et al, 2011; Fairbanks et al, 2007; González, 2012; Kevin et al, 2007; Mitchell & Bradshaw, 2013; Osher, Poirier, Jarjoura, Brown, & Kendziora, 2015). Studies have also examined (a) school responses to policy changes (Jain et al, 2014), (b) the relationship between policy changes and students’ behavioral and academic outcomes (Curran, 2016; Fabelo et al, 2011; Mendez, 2003; Rausch & Skiba, 2005), and (c) how alternative approaches may affect students who did not commit disciplinary infractions (Perry & Morris, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The existing evidence links RPs to decreases in ODRs (Anyon et al, 2016; Gregory & Clawson, 2016; González, 2012; Jain et al, 2014) and suspensions (González, 2012; Schotland et al, 2016). González (2012) used North High School in Denver, Colorado, as a case study to examine a school-based restorative program for one school year and found that (a) ODR averages were reduced from nearly two per student in the first semester to one per every 5 students in the second semester and (b) OSS was reduced by 89% for close to 40 students.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The study also found that the suspension rate for African Americans decreased by 7.2 percentage points and Black/White discipline disparities decreased from a 12-point gap to an 8-point gap. Using school- and classroom-level data from Davidson Middle School, Schotland et al (2016) examined how RPs reduced suspension rates across racial and ethnic groups and reported that suspension rates dropped from 294 across 162 students to 73 across 48 students 5 years after implementation. The study also found that the (a) relative risk of being suspended decreased from 11 to 3 for Latino/a students and (b) discipline disparities narrowed considerably between Latino/a and White students; however, Latino/as maintained a greater risk for suspension than Whites.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The School Discipline Dilemma: A Comprehensive Review of Disparities and Alternative Approaches

Welsh¹,

Little²

2018

Review of Educational Research

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In recent decades, K-12 school discipline policies and practices have garnered increasing attention among researchers, policymakers, and educators. Disproportionalities in school discipline raise serious questions about educational equity. This study provides a comprehensive review of the extant literature on the contributors to racial, gender, and income disparities in disciplinary outcomes, and the effectiveness of emerging alternatives to exclusionary disciplinary approaches. Our findings indicate that the causes of the disparities are numerous and multifaceted. Although low-income and minority students experience suspensions and expulsions at higher rates than their peers, these differences cannot be solely attributed to socioeconomic status or increased misbehavior. Instead, school and classroom occurrences that result from the policies, practices, and perspectives of teachers and principals appear to play an important role in explaining the disparities. There are conceptual and open empirical questions on whether and how some of the various alternatives are working to counter the discipline disparities.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The School Discipline Dilemma: A Comprehensive Review of Disparities and Alternative Approaches

Welsh¹,

Little²

2018

Review of Educational Research

248

194

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“…RJ practices have been shown to reduce discipline disparities for Latino children when implemented in middle schools (Schotland et al, 2016 ). In school systems, integrating RJ practices decreases suspensions, as do reinforcement-focused positive behavior interventions and supports programs (McNeill et al, 2016 ).…”

Section: Criminal and Restorative Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

Advocating for the Use of Restorative Justice Practices: Examining the Overlap between Restorative Justice and Behavior Analysis

Pavlacic

Kellum

Schulenberg

2021

Behav Analysis Practice

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Broadly defined, restorative justice (RJ) is a set of procedures based in Indigenous peacemaking practices that reduces recidivism and guides the effective reparation of harm. RJ practices provide harm-affected parties an opportunity for engagement in the resolution process, which theoretically enhances community well-being. RJ practices overlap significantly with behavior-analytic principles. Implementing RJ practices from a context-focused, appetitive-based approach that focuses on classes of behaviors may address harmful behaviors within police organizations. RJ practices may also facilitate changes in contexts that support behaviors valued by the community. The current review discusses criminal and restorative justice, RJ processes and practices, the effectiveness of RJ in various contexts, how RJ overlaps with behavior-analytic principles and existing behavior science models in general, research suggestions, and recommendations for behavior analysts implementing RJ within police organizations and communities to address officer misconduct.

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“…RJ practices have been shown to reduce discipline disparities for Latino children when implemented in middle schools (Schotland et al, 2016). In school systems more generally, integrating RJ practices decrease suspensions, as do reinforcement-focused Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports programs (McNeill et al, 2016).…”

Section: Restorative Justice Implementation and Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advocating for the use of Restorative Justice Practices: Examining the Overlap Between Restorative Justice and Behavior Analysis

Pavlacic¹,

Kellum²,

Schulenberg³

2021

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Broadly defined, Restorative Justice (RJ) is a set of procedures based in Indigenous peacemaking practices that reduces recidivism and guides the effective reparation of harm. RJ practices provide harm-affected parties an opportunity for engagement in the resolution process, which theoretically enhances community well-being. RJ practices overlap significantly with behavior-analytic principles. Implementing RJ practices from a context-focused, appetitive-based approach that focuses on classes of behaviors may address harmful behaviors within police organizations. RJ practices may also facilitate changes in contexts that support behaviors valued by the community. The current review discusses criminal and Restorative Justice, RJ processes and practices, the effectiveness of RJ in various contexts, how RJ overlaps with behavior-analytic principles and existing behavior science models more generally, research suggestions, and recommendations for behavior analysts implementing RJ within police organizations and communities to address officer misconduct.

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From Punitive to Restorative: One School’s Journey to Transform Its Culture and Discipline Practices to Reduce Disparities

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

The School Discipline Dilemma: A Comprehensive Review of Disparities and Alternative Approaches

The School Discipline Dilemma: A Comprehensive Review of Disparities and Alternative Approaches

Advocating for the Use of Restorative Justice Practices: Examining the Overlap between Restorative Justice and Behavior Analysis

Advocating for the use of Restorative Justice Practices: Examining the Overlap Between Restorative Justice and Behavior Analysis

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