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Taylor D. Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze the data from schools that have and have not implemented AVID for at least three years to determine what difference, if any, existed between the schools' racial discipline gap. This study compared both the suspension and expulsion outcomes of students of color and White students in Minnesota…
Descriptors: Discipline, White Students, Minority Group Students, Program Effectiveness
Petersen, Amanda J.; MartinRogers, Nicole – Wilder Research, 2016
The school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SW PBIS) program is managed by the Minnesota Department of Education and is implemented in hundreds of Minnesota schools. PBIS is an evidence-based model that attempts to develop a school-wide positive behavior culture. Based on previously documented outcomes, PBIS is a potential…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Student Behavior
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Ryan, Joseph B.; Peterson, Reece; Tetreault, George; Hagen, Emily Vander – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2007
The purpose of this pilot study was to review the effects of professional staff training in crisis management and de-escalation techniques on the use of seclusion timeout and restraint procedures with at-risk students in a K-12 special day school. An exploratory pre-post study was conducted over a two-year period, comparing the use of these…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Day Schools, At Risk Students, Crisis Management
Peterson, Kristin; Davison, Mark; Wahlstrom, Kyla; Himes, John; Irish, Margaret L. – 2002
This report provides Year 2 data comparing two types of school breakfast programs in Minnesota to schools that did not serve breakfast at all (No Breakfast schools): Fast Break to Learning, a universal free breakfast program (Fastbreak schools), and programs with a sliding fee scale (control schools). Data were collected from 30 Fastbreak, 195…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Breakfast Programs, Child Health