Ethnicity/race disparities in disciplinary consequences: A comparative analysis of White, Hispanic, and Black girls

In this multiyear investigation, the most frequently committed student misbehaviors were determined, and then the most common disciplinary consequences that were assigned as a result were identified as Grade 6 White, Hispanic, and Black girls. Differences were evident in disciplinary consequences that were assigned by the ethnicity/race of girls. Grade 6 Black and Grade 6 Hispanic girls were more likely to be assigned exclusionary discipline consequences, such as In-School Suspension, than were Grade 6 White girls. Grade 6 White girls were assigned consequences that did not interrupt learning, such as Lunch Detention and Detention Before School, much more often than Grade 6 Hispanic and Grade 6 Black girls. Grade 6 Black girls were assigned Saturday School more than twice as often as Grade 6 Hispanic girls and almost 8 times as often as Grade 6 White girls.