Using Research to Inform Civil Rights Remedies: Effective Data Use and Monitoring to Address Racialized Discipline Disparities

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session is focused on advancing effective civil rights remedies that reduce harm and, especially in districts that have engaged in discriminatory disciplinary conduct or implemented policies that resulted in disparities. We explore the conditions under which civil rights remedies prompted by investigations by civil rights enforcement agencies are most effective. Panelists will explore how agencies use data to prompt investigations of unjustified exclusionary discipline and assess progress, as well as community members’ role in monitoring settlements. Researchers will explore what we know from research about the efficacy of remedies to unjust discipline including lessons drawn from other enforcement-driven remedies (i.e. desegregation). Discussants will also reflect upon the changing landscape for pursuing civil rights race-conscious remedies more broadly.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Daniel Losen, National Center for Youth Law

Participants

• Sarah E. LaCour, National Center for Youth Law

• Erica Frankenberg, Pennsylvania State University

• Preston C. Green, University of Connecticut

• Russell J. Skiba, Indiana University

• Thalia González, University of California - San Francisco

• Genevieve P. Siegel-Hawley, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Jason Langberg, OCR Attorney

• Donna Walters Flores, National Center for Youth Law