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In their resulting report released this month, they wrote: “Schools should be a place where all students feel safe and supported, no matter what. But unfortunately, this isnot the case for all students.”  \nIDRA’s Safety, Dignity and Belonging Project was a pioneering legal youth participatory action research project co-led by the four youth: Eden Frazier, Nickell Brown, Natiyaa Carswelland Betzayda Domingo. I had the pleasure of supporting and advising their work in my role then as IDRA’s Equal Justice Works legal fellow.  \nYouth participatory action research is a research method that situates young people as researchers and experts in the research project (Ozer, 2016). Traditional research frameworks study issues impacting young people but rarely include young people in the research process.  \nIDRA’s project also deeply considered issues of discrimination and civil rights in our research. For this reason, we describe this project as a legal youth participatory action project.  \n“We are the future.”  \n“As young people, research helps us understand the world around us and discover solutions to the problems we face,” wrote the team.“When  \nwe know more, we can speak up for ourselves and others… We are the future, and our voicesand perspectives matter.”  \nIn the summer of 2024, the student research team began by building connections and understanding as a team, engaging in teambuilding activities and educational workshops together. They learned about various forms of discrimination, including sexism, racism and adultism, civil rights frameworks and the school-to-prison pipeline. IDRA researcher Christina Quintanilla Munoz, Ph.D., trained the team in research methodology.  \nWe also studied discipline disparities by race and gender nationally using the Black Girls’(cont. on Page 2)  \n“I’m very passionate about getting these circumstances of Black girls out to the public so people see their true struggles.”  \n– Student researcher Nickell Brown  \nJa n u a ry 2026 i d r a n e ws l e tt er 1  \nFocus: Student Leadership in Education    \n(Discipline Disparities Push Black Girls Out of Classrooms, continued from Page 1)  \nPushout and Criminalization in Schools Data Hub (Bonsu-Love & Mickens, 2025). We studied these same disparities in our backyard using the K-12 Student Discipline Dashboard published by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (2021).  \nWe found that, in 2017, Black girls accounted for 15% of girls enrolled in public schools but received 45% of the out-of-school suspensions, 37% of the in-school suspensions and 43% of expulsions (GAO, 2024).  \nThrough our research using these tools, we found that Black girls experience considerable disparities in school discipline assignments nationally, in our state, and in the schools in our communities (Brown & Lyons, 2025).  \n“I want to bring light to the things girls of color suffer with.”  \nDedicated to learning more, the team developed a research plan. After considering several research methods, the team decided to collect data via a focus group, enabling them to hear directly from girls about their experiences firsthand. The team recruited Black girls in Atlantaarea public schools to share their experiences.  \nSome desc","cbCaikKeNw2OLMNw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikKeNw2OLMNw","pdf",1792877,"English","# Students Claim Their Place in Education Policy\n## Students Weigh the Promise and Challenges of Big College Readiness Initiative\n## How Schools Can Support Children Impacted by ICE Raids\n## Federal Civil Rights Protections for Students are Unraveling\n# Discipline Disparities Push Black Girls Out of Classrooms\n## IDRA Youth-Led Study Examines Discipline in Atlanta-area Schools","[{\"question\":\"What is the youth-led research project highlighted in the issue?\",\"answer\":\"It is IDRA’s Safety, Dignity and Belonging Project, a legal youth participatory action research initiative co-led by four youth researchers studying school discipline experiences of Black girls in Atlanta-area schools.\"},{\"question\":\"What method did the student team use to gather evidence?\",\"answer\":\"The team collected data through focus groups, recruiting Black girls in Atlanta-area public schools to share experiences firsthand.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the study identify about discipline and school climate?\",\"answer\":\"The findings emphasize biased approaches by staff, harmful effects of exclusionary discipline on students’ well-being and academics, and how punitive policies can make schools feel hostile and unsafe, leaving many girls unsupported.\"}]","IDRA Newsletters - January 2026 - Focus: Student Leadership in Education | PDF",1792054260]