Discipline Gap: What's Trust Got to Do With It?

• In Event: 14.044 - Roundtable Session 1
  In Roundtable Session: 14.044-5 - Examining the Challenges to Student Achievement

Abstract

This inquiry examines the effect of student trust on discipline and academic outcomes, and how this varies by race and gender, with a focus on African American males. Research has demonstrated that trust in schools is a vital educational resource. Yet we know little about how trust varies by race or gender. This inquiry tests whether trusting relationships pay off equally for all students.

Author

• Lisa S. Romero, California State University - Sacramento