Wednesday, February 14, 2024
4:00 PM–4:50 PM CST
- PMD: 5,6
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Poster Session 3: Promoting Safe and Positive Schools
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- define opportunity gap and identify relevant influences on the growing academic opportunity gap between Black and White students;
- describe the disparate impact of school police on the academic opportunity gap; and
- reimagine school-based policing and alternative roles for school police in building and maintaining school community to improve academic outcomes.
Description
This session will provide the results of a study examining the impact of school policing on the academic opportunity gap and explore alternatives for utilizing school police to build community.
Presenter(s)
Breanne L. Woods, University of Florida
Christopher J. Anthony, University of Florida
