School deportment and student teacher sex and ethnicity

School deportment and student teacher sex and ethnicity SCHOOL DEPORTMENT AND STUDENT TEACHER SEX AND ETHNICITY JEREMY J. LIETZ Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, W I The association between office referrals and the ethnicity and sex of 20 grade 1-6 teachers and 567 (323 black, 130 white, and 114 Spanish surnamed) stu- dents was studied for two years. White teachers reported dispro ortionatel more students and infractions, followed by Spanish surnamecf and blacE teachers. The dis