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According to the “differential selection” explanation, Teachers’ subconscious racism and colorblindness cause them to over-select Black students for punishment, contributing to the discipline gap (Carter et al., 2017; Deckman, 2017; Gregory & Roberts, 2017; Okonofua et al., 2016). Therefore, the purpose of this research was to engage teachers in conversations about the discipline gap in order to understand and critically examine their views about it. Seven Miami Dade County Schools teachers were individually interviewed, and reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) was used to analyze the findings. Results indicate that participants were uninformed about the discipline gap, thought the discipline gap was important, believed they can improve students’ behavior without referral, and blamed the discipline gap on parental neglect and/or Black culture. While participants were able to discuss the negative impacts of racism, they also expressed a variety of colorblind and racist attitudes."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Teachers’ views of the discipline gap: A qualitative study"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Hood, Denice","Pak, Yoon","Kang, Hyun-Sook","Hale, Jon"],"dc:creator":["Alasmi, Nada"],"dc:date":["2022-05","2022-04-04"],"dc:description":["Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. 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