Race-Conscious Approaches Addressing the Ecologies of Racial Discipline Disparities: Promoting School Professionals’ Understanding of Individual and Institutional Racism
Publication Date
11-12-2025
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Urban Education
DOI
10.1177/00420859251382197
Abstract
Racial disparities in school discipline meaningfully impact youth's psychological, educational, and carceral trajectories. Interrupting these patterns requires contextual strategies that explicitly attend to school professionals’ racial bias and awareness of structural racism. Yet approaches toward this end are emerging and have not yet been synthesized. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review of empirical research published in peer-reviewed journals from 2012 to 2022. The review included studies in the United States that were ecological and race-conscious by targeting school professionals’ awareness of individual and institutional racism. Our findings include 62 studies of these practices and policies.
Funding Sponsor
UCLA School of Law
Keywords
institutional racism, racial bias, racial disparities, school discipline
Department
Social Work
Recommended Citation
Kamilah B. Legette, Yoli Anyon, Ariana Melero, and Miguel Trujillo. "Race-Conscious Approaches Addressing the Ecologies of Racial Discipline Disparities: Promoting School Professionals’ Understanding of Individual and Institutional Racism" Urban Education (2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859251382197
