The article Creating System Change to Reduce Disparities in Discipline offers best practices for implementing a system to reduces racial disparities in school discipline. The article also serves as a case study, detailing the fundamental aspects of achieving meaningful change in disciplining children in schools. Following a lawsuit brought against the Antioch School District by the ACLU of Northern California, the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) created a program for the school district to remedy the unequal racial distribution of disciplinary action.
In order to achieve tangible outcomes, NCBI developed a program consisting of five components:
In conjunction with other methodologies found in this resource, NCBI details tactics which can aid conflict resolution without resorting to suspension or expulsion.
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