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The Voice of Perseverance: The Self-Perceptions of African America High School Males with the Zero Tolerance Policy

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2017, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to examine the self-perceptions and “lived” experiences of four African-American high school males who have been affected by the implementation of Zero Tolerance discipline policies in their middle to high school years. Through an interview process participants contribute their powerful voices of perseverance that bridge the gap in the literature on the racial disproportionality in discipline for African American males, the impact of discipline on self-esteem in African American young men, and Culturally Responsible Leadership. The participants identify the key factors that answer the secondary questions of how their experiences resonate with the constructs of Critical Race Theory and the School to Prison Pipeline and the internal and external factors that contributed to their perseverance. The findings also identify three major themes of isolation, misappropriated discipline, and the value of the African American high school male as human capital that have emerged and give deeper meaning to the impact of Zero Tolerance Policy on African American young men and the need for progressive leadership that embraces not alienates.
James Olive, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Judy Alston, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Harold Wilson, Ph.D (Committee Member)
86 p.

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  • McDermott, M. T. (2017). The Voice of Perseverance: The Self-Perceptions of African America High School Males with the Zero Tolerance Policy [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1504990520881788

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McDermott, Mary. The Voice of Perseverance: The Self-Perceptions of African America High School Males with the Zero Tolerance Policy. 2017. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1504990520881788.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McDermott, Mary. "The Voice of Perseverance: The Self-Perceptions of African America High School Males with the Zero Tolerance Policy." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1504990520881788

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)