A Study about the Exclusionary Discipline of African American Males in City and County K-12 Public School Divisions in Region II of Virginia

• Main Author: Suggs, Tiffany G.
• Language: EN
• Published: Regent University 2017
• Subjects: African American studies|Educational leadership|Educational administration|Education|Gender studies
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10607768

<p> The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in the percentage of suspensions and expulsions between African American males and the combination of males of other ethnicities based upon school district settings of city and county in K-12 public school divisions in Region II of Virginia. The researcher analyzed archival data from approximately 65,000 males in Grades 2&ndash;10 enrolled in Virginia&rsquo;s public schools in Region II. To analyze quantitative data, descriptive statistics, such as the mean and standard deviation scores, were used as well as frequency distributions and measures of central tendency. Two two-way analyses of variance were conducted to understand if there was an interaction between the two independent variables (student ethnicity and school district setting) and the dependent variables (number of suspensions and number of expulsions). The study results indicated that there were no recorded expulsions in the data file, as the values were all 0. There were suspensions, however, and the results indicated that there was a statistically significantly greater proportion of suspensions among African American males than the combination of males of other ethnicities. Additionally, there was insufficient evidence to determine if a difference exists between city and county schools in the percentage of suspensions, nor was there a significant ethnicity&ndash;division-type interaction. The findings from this study may have important implications for educators and local and state policymakers who may be considering ways to improve discipline practices in public schools.</p><p>