Understanding Racial Inequity in School Discipline Across the Richmond Region

In this episode of Abstract we discussed the final report from our Achieving Racial Equity in School Disciplinary Policies and Practices MERC study, titled "Understanding Racial Inequity in School Discipline Across the Richmond Region." The episode featured (left to right) Brian Maltby (Disciplinary Hearing Review Officer for Hanover County Public Schools), David Naff (Assistant Director of Research and Evaluation for MERC), Marcie Terry (Principal from Chesterfield County Public Schools), and Ashlee Lester (research assistant and PhD candidate from the VCU School of Education). We discussed the findings of the study, what we learned along the way as a research and study team, and how we hope this report will help inform research, policy, and practice in school discipline. The full report is available at merc.soe.vcu.edu/reports.