Public Scholarship in Campaigns to Change Hearts, Minds, and Policy: Discipline Disparities and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

For three years, the Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice Collaborative—a national initiative involving researchers, educators, community organizers, and policy-makers—galvanized national attention and action (including through a national conference, Congressional briefing, and briefing paper series) and advanced an intervention and policy agenda to address disparities in school discipline by race, gender, and sexual orientation. This Presidential session will explore the impact of this collaboration on the research agenda, focusing on the process of moving from evidence to public discourse to policy and action. Presenters will identify remaining challenges and areas of future work. Session attendees will participate in facilitated table discussions to identify opportunities for engaging as public scholars with diverse stakeholders in their own work. Reception to follow.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chairs

• Kavitha Mediratta, The Atlantic Philanthropies

• Russell J. Skiba, Indiana University

• Daniel Losen, University of California - Los Angeles

Participants

• Catherine Lhamon, US Department of Education

• Russell J. Skiba, Indiana University

• Daniel Losen, University of California - Los Angeles

• Kavitha Mediratta, The Atlantic Philanthropies

• Thena Robinson Mock, Advancement Project

• Lisa Thomas, American Federation of Teachers

• Anurima Bhargava, Department of Justice

• Kathryn Elizabeth Wiley, University of Colorado - Boulder