School Discipline Disproportionality: Converging Efforts

• In Event: 66.060 - Issues of Race, Gender, and Identity Development

Abstract

Over the years school policies and practices have lent themselves to discipline disparity based on students’ race, gender, and disability. The purpose of this paper is to spotlight a potential window of opportunity for school discipline reform created by the Obama administration. Analysis using Kingdon’s (2003) window of opportunity framework suggests that this is an opportune time for school discipline reform because of the converging of Kingdon’s three problem solving streams: Problem, politics, and policy.

Author

• Nathern S. Okilwa, The University of Texas - San Antonio