Overrepresentation of African American students in exclusionary discipline the role of school policy

Urban Education

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 536-559

  Fenning, Pamela ^a   Rose, Jennifer ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline policies; Ethnic disproportionality; Expulsion; Suspension

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448974910     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907305039     Document Type: Article

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