Racial disparities in school discipline have been previously identified, with studies like Okonofua and Elberhardt (2015) using scenarios with minor infractions indicating the role of teacher racial bias in these disparities. In this research, we sought to replicate and extend their study by adding the age of the student (child vs. teen) as an…

In various spaces in society, there has been increased advocacy for greater equity, diversity, and inclusion for individuals from historically and systemically marginalized groups. One step toward supporting these individuals is to consider how they understand and make sense of their self-concepts. As such, we explored the self-concepts of…

Cell phone bans in classrooms have begun throughout the United States either with mandated laws, or recommended district enforcement. This controversial decision has evidence both supporting its existence, or supporting the resistance to it. Data analyzes both U.S. and international policies with varied results regarding the strengths and…

Extending work documenting historical resource inequities across U.S. schools, we examined how school financial and social resources mediate the relationship between family income and student achievement, and tested how these associations varied by race and ethnicity. Merging administrative school data sources to a nationally representative sample…

Secondary traumatic stress (STS) can impact teachers who are supporting students exposed to trauma. STS is associated with teacher burnout, but little research is available about certain demographic factors among teachers that can make some more susceptible than others, such as race and years of teaching. The purpose of this study was to examine…

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of adverse childhood experiences (i.e., ACEs) and intersecting identities (i.e., gender and ethnicity) on school engagement among adolescents in the United States. Methods: We analyzed the 2021 National Survey of Children's Health Data. Results: We first identified four ACE classes,…

The ongoing concern among the public about the safety of school-aged students in the United States has driven researchers to identify effective preventative practices to enhance school safety. Although past research has identified and evaluated specific preventative initiatives, the breadth of literature evaluating multitiered systems of supports…

Objective: To examine inequalities in sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic by gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic position (SEP), and test associations between discrimination and sleep quality in a national longitudinal cohort of emerging adult college students. Participants: Participants were enrolled in college…

The authors measure economic literacy among a representative sample of U.S. residents, explore demographic correlates with the measure, and examine how respondents' policy views correlate with it. They then analyze policy view differences among Republicans and Democrats and among economists and non-economists. They find significant differences in…

We examine and compare the relationship between minimum wage increases and youth homicide rates in three groups: all youth, White youth only, and Black youth only. Using 2001-2019 mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) for all 50 states and Washington DC, we apply a difference in differences (DD) design to compare the…

Cohesion measure launched from the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES) is a well-known instrument to assess family functioning. It is essential to perform a measurement equivalence test of cohesion targeting racially diverse families. The web-based self-administered survey was performed and 291 college/university students'…

America has been multicultural from the beginning of the country's inception. Blacks and whites have lived together throughout this history. The movies have also evolved during their history to include relations between subcultural groups, especially between Blacks and whites. Depictions of racial relations have evolved through different stages in…

This study aimed to investigate attendance matters, where the study explicitly analyzes the correlation of chronic absenteeism in students in grades 9-12 and offers insights on intervention and strategies to address chronic absenteeism. The study participants included students of grades 9 to 12 in Tennessee schools and education stakeholders at…

Given interest in understanding how fraternities inform students' capacities for leadership, the purpose of this critical quantitative study was to investigate the precollege characteristics and higher education experiences influencing orientation toward political and social involvement among college fraternity men. Results demonstrated…

Parent advocacy is often critical for families of individuals with disabilities. Prior research has suggested that parent advocacy occurs across three levels: individual, peer, and systemic. Yet, little empirical research has identified the correlates of advocacy for each level. For this study, we examined the survey responses of 246 parents of…