Date: Sunday, August 10

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Session 069: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Problems in Schools
Room: Price Room

Sponsor: Educational Problems

Organizer: Linda M. Waldron, Christopher Newport University

Description: 

This roundtable explores social problems in the U.S. school system, focusing on how bias and discrimination against students based on race, ethnicity, social class, citizenship and/or disability manifests itself in disproportionate disciplinary practices, harmful seclusion, and negative educational outcomes. These papers consider how parents, counselors, and educators navigate unequal educational policies and advocate for social support and social change to help improve the lives of children.

Roundtable #1 Title: Problems in Schools

Presider: Linda M. Waldron, Christopher Newport University

Papers:

“Systemic Processes of Regulation Influencing the US Education System: Hindering Outcomes for Low-income Students and Students of Color,” Lauri T. Klump, Illinois State University

“Accessing Whiteness: The Process through Which Black/White Multiracial Youth and Their White Parents Navigate the Education System,” Alizé B. Hill, The University of Chicago

“Comparison of Bias-based Bullying and Non-bias-based Bullying: Prevalence Rates, Impacts on Students, and the Buffering Role of Social Support,” Zehra Sahin Ilkorkor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Honorable Mention of the Educational Problems Division’s Student Paper Competition

“The Cost of Challenging School Seclusion and Restraint Practices for Parents of Black and White Children with Disabilities,” Charles Bell, Illinois State University

“The Role of School Type in Counselors’ Knowledge about Newly Implemented Tuition Equity Policy for Undocumented Students in Massachusetts,” Alessandra Bazo Vienrich and Alexis Rei, Rhode Island College

“Threats to Thriving: Black Boys, Maternal Resistance, and the Racialized Homeschooling Terrain,” Moriah Lynn Johnson, Loyola University Chicago

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