Extent of discrimination in discipline of students with disabilities unclear
Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 07:20
in Mathematics & Economics
Federal legislation and regulation currently require U.S. schools to monitor for whether students with disabilities who are also racial or ethnic minorities are being inappropriately disciplined. Yet a new analysis of existing studies led by Paul Morgan, professor of education in the Department of Education Policy Studies in Penn State's College of Education, finds that it is actually unknown whether U.S. schools discriminate based on disability status when disciplining students.