JCPS Envision Equity - School Climate & Culture

School Climate
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Student Voice

There's this one teacher, every day he picks a different table to eat lunch at. He talks to everyone. I hope to get in his class one day. He seems nice. I have a teacher that kicks me out of class every time any of us want to talk about race.

Comprehensive School Survey (CSS) Findings

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Overall School Satisfaction
Caring Environment
Sense of Belonging

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For nearly all measures, we see that Black students are least likely to report positively on school culture and climate.

We may get a hint of school culture and climate in the Opportunities and Access tab, where we see that teacher tenure varies widely between schools. At schools where teachers stay longer, we should explore what is making the culture such that teachers tend to stay longer.

		Student Satisfaction
		Black		White		Hispanic		Other		Totals
School Year	Grade Level	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
% of Students, Teachers, & Parents satisfied with their school & JCPS (Source: Comprehensive School Survey)

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		Caring Environment Student Responses
		Black		White		Hispanic		Other		Totals
School Year	Grade Level	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
% of Students, Teachers, & Parents who believe their schools are a caring environment (Source: Comprehensive School Survey)

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Students might lack a sense of belonging for a myriad of reasons. If students believe that punishments, suspensions in particular, are assigned unfairly, they will not feel a sense of belonging in school. This is more pronounced among Black students than among White students, even when there is in fact a punishment gap (Bottiani, Bradshaw, and Mendelson, 2016). When the culture in a school is overly punitive, an anxious environment is created, even among students who are not suspended or otherwise punished. The overly punitive environment fosters anxiety and creates distrust, which impedes the learning environment and negatively impacts reading scores school-wide (Perry & Morris, 2014). That is, when the school environment is perceived by students to be unfairly punitive, all students are harmed.
		Student Sense of Belonging
		Black		White		Hispanic		Other		Totals
School Year	Grade Level	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
% of Students, Teachers, & Parents who have a Sense of Belong (Source: Comprehensive School Survey)

School Climate & Culture

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Student Voice

Comprehensive School Survey (CSS) Findings

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Overall School Satisfaction

Caring Environment

Sense of Belonging

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% of Students, Teachers, & Parents satisfied with their school & JCPS (Source: Comprehensive School Survey)

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% of Students, Teachers, & Parents who believe their schools are a caring environment (Source: Comprehensive School Survey)

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% of Students, Teachers, & Parents who have a Sense of Belong (Source: Comprehensive School Survey)

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School Climate
& Culture

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