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John Simmons
Researcher at Denver Public Schools
Publications - 6
Citations - 780
John Simmons is an academic researcher from Denver Public Schools. The author has contributed to research in topics: School discipline & Critical race theory. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications receiving 580 citations.
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The persistenteffect of raceandthe promise ofalternativestosuspension in school discipline outcomes
Yolanda Anyon,Jeffrey M. Jenson,Inna Altschul,Jordan Farrar,Jeanette McQueen,Eldridge Greer,Barbara Downing,John Simmons +7 more
TL;DR: This study suggests that ongoing attention to issues of racial inequity in school Discipline outcomes is warranted, and that restorative practices have potential as an inclusive strategy to improve school discipline outcomes without excluding students from the classroom.
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The persistent effect of race and the promise of alternatives to suspension in school discipline outcomes
Yolanda Anyon,Jeffrey M. Jenson,Inna Altschul,Jordan Farrar,Jeanette McQueen,Eldridge Greer,Barbara Downing,John Simmons +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of multi-level risk and protective factors on exclusionary school discipline outcomes was examined, including race, family poverty, special education status, emotional disability, participation in gifted and talented programs, homelessness, office referral reasons over the course of one school year, and participation in in-school suspension, a behavior contract, or restorative approaches.
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Black Girls and School Discipline: The Complexities of Being Overrepresented and Understudied
Subini Ancy Annamma,Yolanda Anyon,Nicole M. Joseph,Jordan Farrar,Eldridge Greer,Barbara Downing,John Simmons +6 more
TL;DR: Using Critical Race Theory and Critical Race Feminism as guiding conceptual frameworks, this article examined Black girls' exclusionary discipline outcomes using a mixed-methods empirical study, and found that Black girls were more likely to identify race stereotypes than white girls.
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Restorative Interventions and School Discipline Sanctions in a Large Urban School District
Yolanda Anyon,Anne Gregory,Susan Stone,Jordan Farrar,Jeffrey M. Jenson,Jeanette McQueen,Barbara Downing,Eldridge Greer,John Simmons +8 more
TL;DR: A large urban district (N = 90,546 students, n = 180 schools) implemented restorative interventions as a response to school discipline incidents as discussed by the authors, and the results from multilevel modeling of student discip...
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An Exploration of the Relationships between Student Racial Background and the School Sub-Contexts of Office Discipline Referrals: A Critical Race Theory Analysis.
Yolanda Anyon,Chalane E. Lechuga,Debora M. Ortega,Barbara Downing,Eldridge Greer,John Simmons +5 more
TL;DR: A growing body of research indicates that exclusionary school discipline practices disproportionately impact students of color as mentioned in this paper, and some scholars have theorized that racial disparities likely vary acro-professionally.