Overrepresentation of Indigenous Students in School Suspension, Exclusion, and Enrolment Cancellation in Queensland: Is There a Case for Systemic Inclusive School Reform?

Autor/inn/en	Graham, Linda J.; Killingly, Callula; Laurens, Kristin R.; Sweller, Naomi
Titel	Overrepresentation of Indigenous Students in School Suspension, Exclusion, and Enrolment Cancellation in Queensland: Is There a Case for Systemic Inclusive School Reform?
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 50 (2023) 2, S.167-201 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Graham, Linda J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
DOI	10.1007/s13384-021-00504-1
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Secondary School Students; State Schools; Suspension; Expulsion; Enrollment; Elementary School Students; Control Groups; Justice; Discipline; Educational Change; Evidence; Inclusion; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Sekundarschüler; Staatliche Schule; Ausschluss; Schulausschluss; Relegation; Einschulung; Gerechtigkeit; Disziplin; Bildungsreform; Evidenz; Inklusion; Australien
Abstract	Well-established evidence of the ill-effects of exclusionary school discipline, its disproportionate use on students of colour, and association with the "school-to-prison pipeline" has, in the last decade, led to systemic reforms in the United States, which are successfully reducing exclusion and improving outcomes. Few studies, however, have similarly investigated overrepresentation in Australia, with little attention to systemic reform as a result. In this study, we analysed suspension, exclusion, and enrolment cancellation rates in Queensland (QLD) government schools between 2013 and 2019 and found Indigenous students were consistently overrepresented. Suspension incidents proportionate to enrolments increased for all students, but this increase was faster for Indigenous than non-Indigenous students and driven primarily by steep rises in short suspensions during primary school (Preparatory-6). Exclusions increased--again disproportionately--for Indigenous students, chiefly in secondary school (7-12). During 2019, Physical Misconduct had the highest incident rate for both groups; however, Indigenous students were most overrepresented in suspensions for Disruptive/Disengaged behaviours. Further, while Indigenous students were overrepresented in all QLD regions, one region's Indigenous suspension rate was higher than all others despite no difference in the distribution of Indigenous/non-Indigenous enrolments across regions. The scale and nature of Indigenous overrepresentation in exclusionary discipline incidents in QLD indicate clear need for further research to secure political commitment to systemic inclusive school reform, as well as to produce high-quality evidence capable of guiding that reform. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01