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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"racial disproportionality"”.
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The Effect of Risk Assessment on Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System
… conducted by child welfare agencies may be racially biased, and thus contribute to disproportionality. This study seeks to explore the effect of different risk assessment models on racial disproportionality. This is done by examining the relationship between race/ethnicity and various child …
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The Perceptions Of School Psychologists Regarding The Disproportionality In Special Education For Students Of Color: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
<p>Racial disproportionality in special education has been a problem of practice since Dunn called attention to it in 1968. Research has demonstrated the adverse effects on students including stigma, labeling, reduced access to high-quality educational opportunities, restrictive settings, and lower …
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Disrupting Disparity: A Critical Race Transformative Mixed Methods Examination of School Discipline
<p>Racial disparities in school discipline are well-established in the United States’ public-school system. These disparities contribute to a phenomenon known as the school-to-prison pipeline. This phenomenon is a metaphor for the mechanisms that push students, especially students of color, out of …
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Unpacking the Implementation of Restorative Practices: A Case Study of Race, Equity, and Change
… by implementing Restorative Practices to address racially disproportionate disciplinary practices at an urban middle school. The first was change at a systemic, organizational level and the second as a paradigm shift in the negotiation of race, equity, authority, and Restorative Practices. The …
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Racialization and the Mandatory Power of the State: How Racialized Minority People Encounter State Child Welfare Systems
This dissertation examines the phenomenon of racial disproportionality within child welfare systems. It asks what explains the variation in interaction rates between racialized minority people and state child welfare systems. As the province with one of the highest proportions of racialized …