Cherish Skinker

“Alternatives to exclusionary discipline [like PBIS] are assimilative and expect students to adjust their behaviors to the school’s cultural norms, but do not require the school to adjust to meet the social, emotional, and cultural needs of students.”

“PBIS makes educators feel like they are doing something to address the problem while still protecting them from admitting the role they play in perpetuating racial inequities in discipline in the first place, and prevent them from changing the racial structure itself.”