The role of the school district in student discipline: Building consensus in Cincinnati

Urban Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-256

  Brown, Lionel H ^a   Beckett, Kelvin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cincinnati(OH) Public schools; Education; School discipline; School district; School management and organization; Student suspension; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749016809     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-006-0032-8     Document Type: Article

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