DQ Initial Dissertation

Initial Dissertation Analysis Your Name Subject and Section Professor’s Name January 17, 2025 Dissertation 1 Hartigan, N. P. (2023). Educational Professionals’ Perspective on Racial Disparities in Exclusionary Discipline Data (Doctoral dissertation, Regent University). Introduction In the introduction section of the study, exclusionary discipline is described as a core race and gender concern, pegged on case studies and previous literature. It outlines research questions on why Black girls experience disciplinary disparities and their possible solutions. There are also assumptions like the educators' policy knowledge, which are declared, and limitations, including dependency on viewpoints. Literature Review The scholarly articles analyze systematic factors, such as the school-to-prison pipeline and social biases, including implicit bias. These two theories are critical race theory and black feminist theory. It notes that there is a lacuna in the literature when it comes to Black girls, with most investigations centering on either Black boys or lifetime inequality overall. Methodology The current ethnographic research involves interviews with Virginia, New York, and Boston educators. The following procedure, which was also adopted in the methodology, guarantees the trustworthiness of the study: Data collection and analysis procedure; steps are taken to minimize the influence of the researcher’s bias. Results The results reveal three significant themes: Such things as culture, race, ethnicity, and gender also contribute to the same as well as the individual and structural racism. Teachers agreed that schools contribute to those inequalities through policies and replicating prejudice; thus, they pointed at the potential solutions, including equity training and changing the school's policies. Discussion The implications link results to generalized systematic changes, suggesting educator qualification and policy removal to reduce prejudice. Finally, weaknesses of the study, such as non-generalizability,...