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Disproportionate exclusionary discipline for special education‐identified students: an improvement study
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In highly diverse, large urban school districts across the United States, special education students of color, particularly African‐American students, are subjected to exclusionary discipline practices such as suspension and expulsion at rates more than three times those of their general education classmates. This study, grounded in Clark and Estes (2008) Gap Analysis Framework, uses a multi‐methods approach comprised of both quantitative surveys and qualitative online interviews to collect data from mild‐to‐moderate, special education teachers teaching in self‐contained classrooms. This study reviews assumed influence gaps contributing to the disproportional problem of practice by looking at stakeholder attitudes and behaviors through lenses of knowledge, motivation, and organization. This study addresses issues of personal bias, teacher self‐efficacy, attribution, and student‐centered relationship building. Five potential gap elements are validated by the study, and recommendations are provided for each. This study assists in contributing to the growing body of research knowledge designed to better support educators with a desire to establish greater equity, access, and opportunity for every student in the school system.
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Creator
Nelson, Robert Glen
(author)
Core Title
Disproportionate exclusionary discipline for special education‐identified students: an improvement study
School
Rossier School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education
Degree Program
Organizational Change and Leadership (On Line)
Publication Date
04/09/2018
Defense Date
05/09/2018
Publisher
University of Southern California
(original),
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Tag
African American,attribution,bias,Clark and Estes,cultural model,cultural responsiveness,cultural setting,disproportion,disproportionality,EQ,exclusionary discipline,KMO,mild‐to‐moderate disability,multi‐method,OAI-PMH Harvest,organizational culture,SDC,self‐efficacy,social‐emotional intelligence,Special Education,special‐day class,student expectations
Language
English
Contributor
Electronically uploaded by the author
(provenance)
Advisor
Hyde, Corinne E. (
committee chair
), Crawford-Lima, Jenifer (
committee member
), Eyler, Jon (
committee member
)
Creator Email
bob.nelson@fresnounified.org,rgnelson@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-c89-10560
Unique identifier
UC11670336
Identifier
etd-NelsonRobe-6177.pdf (filename),usctheses-c89-10560 (legacy record id)
Legacy Identifier
etd-NelsonRobe-6177.pdf
Dmrecord
10560
Document Type
Dissertation
Rights
Nelson, Robert Glen
Type
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Source
University of Southern California
(contributing entity),
University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses
(collection)
Access Conditions
The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the a...
Repository Name
University of Southern California Digital Library
Repository Location
USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 2810, 3434 South Grand Avenue, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, California 90089-2810, USA
Tags
attribution
bias
Clark and Estes
cultural model
cultural responsiveness
cultural setting
disproportion
disproportionality
EQ
exclusionary discipline
KMO
mild‐to‐moderate disability
multi‐method
organizational culture
SDC
self‐efficacy
social‐emotional intelligence
special‐day class
student expectations