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Eliminating Disparities in School Discipline: A Framework for Intervention by Gregory, Anne, Skiba, Russell J., Mediratta, Kavitha

“…Race and gender disparities in school discipline and associated harms have been well documented for decades. Suspension from school can reduce instructional…”
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The Achievement Gap and the Discipline Gap: Two Sides of the Same Coin? by Gregory, Anne, Skiba, Russell J., Noguera, Pedro A.

“…The gap in achievement across racial and ethnic groups has been a focus of education research for decades, but the disproportionate suspension and expulsion of…”
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Parsing Disciplinary Disproportionality: Contributions of Infraction, Student, and School Characteristics to Out-of-School Suspension and Expulsion by Skiba, Russell J., Chung, Choong-Geun, Trachok, Megan, Baker, Timberly L., Sheya, Adam, Hughes, Robin L.

“…In the context of a national conversation about exclusionary discipline, we conducted a multilevel examination of the relative contributions of infraction,…”
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Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the Schools?: An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations by Skiba, Russell J

“…Although there can be no dispute that schools must do all that can be done to ensure the safety of learning environments, controversy has arisen about the use…”
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More Than a Metaphor: The Contribution of Exclusionary Discipline to a School-to-Prison Pipeline by Skiba, Russell J., Arredondo, Mariella I., Williams, Natasha T.

“…The term and construct "school-to-prison" pipeline has been widely used by advocates, researchers, and policymakers to describe the relationship between school…”
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Race Is Not Neutral: A National Investigation of African American and Latino Disproportionality in School Discipline by Skiba, Russell J, Horner, Robert H, Chung, Choong-Geun, Rausch, M. Karega, May, Seth L, Tobin, Tary

“…Discipline practices in schools affect the social quality of each educational environment, and the ability of children to achieve the academic and social gains…”
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Risks and Consequences of Oversimplifying Educational Inequities: A Response to Morgan et al. (2015) by Skiba, Russell J., Artiles, Alfredo J., Kozleski, Elizabeth B., Losen, Daniel J., Harry, Elizabeth G.

“…In this technical comment, we argue that Morgan et al.'s claim that there is no minority overrepresentation in special education is in error due to (a)…”
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The Need for School-Based Mental Health Services and Recommendations for Implementation by Kern, Lee, Mathur, Sarup R., Albrecht, Susan F., Poland, Scott, Rozalski, Mike, Skiba, Russell J.

“…Mental illness is a major public health concern with significant social cost. Symptoms of mental health problems generally emerge during the school-age years…”
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Achieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges by Skiba, Russell J., Simmons, Ada B., Ritter, Shana, Gibb, Ashley C., Rausch, M. Karega, Cuadrado, Jason, Chung, Choong-Geun

“…Among the most-longstanding and intransigent issues in the field, the disproportionate representation of minority students in special education programs has…”
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Reaching a Critical Juncture for Our Kids: The Need to Reassess School-Justice Practices by Skiba, Russell J.

“…Perceived increases in school disruption and violence led to an increased reliance on punitive and exclusionary approaches to school discipline in America's…”
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Disparate Access: The Disproportionality of African American Students with Disabilities across Educational Environments by Skiba, Russell J., Poloni-Staudinger, Lori, Gallini, Sarah, Simmons, Ada B., Feggins-Azziz, Renae

“…This study investigated the extent to which the overrepresentation of African American students in more restrictive special education settings is attributable…”
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The Color of Discipline: Sources of Racial and Gender Disproportionality in School Punishment by Skiba, Russell J, Michael, Robert S, Nardo, Abra Carroll, Peterson, Reece L

“…Examined middle school disciplinary data in one urban school regarding three common hypotheses about disproportionate discipline based on gender, race, and…”
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Federal Policy on Disproportionality in Special Education: Is it Moving us Forward? by Albrecht, Susan Fread, Skiba, Russell J., Losen, Daniel J., Chung, Choong-Geun, Middelberg, Laura

“…Monitoring requirements in the 1997 amendments to and 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) acknowledged the existence…”
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CCBD’s Position Executive Summary on School-Based Mental Health Services by Mathur, Sarup R., Kern, Lee, Albrecht, Susan F., Poland, Scott, Rozalski, Michael, Skiba, Russell J.

“…[...]youth mental illness has been estimated to cost society approximately US$247 million annually when factors such as health care, special education…”
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School Discipline at a Crossroads: From Zero Tolerance to Early Response by Skiba, Russell J., Peterson, Reece L.

“…Dramatic incidents of school violence have thrust school discipline to the forefront of public consciousness. Despite a dramatic increase in the use of zero…”
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Unproven Links: Can Poverty Explain Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education? by Skiba, Russell J., Poloni-Staudinger, Lori, Simmons, Ada B., Renae Feggins-Azziz, L., Chung, Choong-Geun

“…The high degree of overlap of race and poverty in our society has led to the presumption in both research and practice that ethnic disproportionality in…”
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Special Education and School Discipline: A Precarious Balance by Skiba, Russell J.

“…The 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act brought together, for the first time, all of the disciplinary provisions pertaining to…”
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"As Nature Has Formed Them": The History and Current Status of Racial Difference Research by Skiba, Russell

“…Background/Context: Research in the latter half of the 20th century purporting to show significant racial differences in intelligence and social behavior…”
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You Can’t Fix What You Don’t Look At: Acknowledging Race in Addressing Racial Discipline Disparities by Carter, Prudence L., Skiba, Russell, Arredondo, Mariella I., Pollock, Mica

“…Racial/ethnic stereotypes are deep rooted in our history; among these, the dangerous Black male stereotype is especially relevant to issues of differential…”
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THE WHALEMAN AND THE PRINCESS: LEGEND, HISTORY, AND BEATING THE ODDS IN THE SOUTH SEAS by Skiba, Russell J.

“…Lord Howe Island is a volcanic island located 445 miles (717 km) north-east of Sydney, Australia; in 1982 UNESCO nominated it as a World Heritage site…”
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