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Keyes, Starr E. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2022
There is a plethora of literature regarding disproportionality in special education, school discipline, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP). The literature also describes the far-reaching ramifications for African American and other historically marginalized students not receiving the quality education to which they are entitled. These…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Disproportionate Representation, Racism, Ethnicity
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Johnson, Ashley D.; Anhalt, Karla; Cowan, Richard J. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2018
Zero tolerance policies have contributed to suspension and expulsion becoming common methods of addressing problem behaviors in schools. If suspension and expulsion are being used as forms of punishment, they should theoretically result in a reduction of problem behavior after their administration. In reality, exclusionary disciplinary practices…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Discipline
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Byrd, Marie – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2020
Closing the U.S. academic achievement gap is as complex as it is comprehensive due to the disproportion of instructional opportunities available to underserved student populations. Underserved student populations are defined as minority and/or students of color from low-socioeconomic families and communities, English language learners and recent…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students, Cultural Awareness
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Utley, Cheryl A. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2012
This study was designed to measure teachers' self-assessment of elements across 4 domains and compliance in implementing a school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) features in an urban elementary school. Within the classroom domain, teachers' perceptions of cultural responsiveness (CR) were assessed. The participants were 14 teachers and 335…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Elementary School Curriculum, Culturally Relevant Education, Classroom Techniques
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Obiakor, Festus E. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2006
Many at-risk students face myriad problems that are pervasive, multifaceted, and socio-historical. These problems sometimes lead them to anger, frustration, hate, hostility, and rage. In the educational system, these problems frequently lead to stigmatization as well as misidentification, mislabeling, misplacement, and misinstruction. Ironically,…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Models, Psychological Patterns, Positive Behavior Supports