Exclusionary Discipline: Racial Disparities in How Teachers Evaluate and Punish Student Misbehavior

The talk examined racial disparities in how teachers evaluate and punish student misbehavior. Jayanti Owens, Mary Tefft and John Hazen White, Sr. Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs, Brown University, presented “Exclusionary Discipline: Racial Disparities in How Teachers Evaluate and Punish Student Misbehavior” at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University on January 21, 2020. The talk was part of Annenberg’s Education Policy Workshop Series, an hour-long “works in progress” seminar centered on empirical research related to education and education policy. Speakers come from a variety of disciplinary traditions, and the series welcomes faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and research staff from across the university who are interested in empirical research in education.