Research into factors contributing to discipline use and disproportionality in major urban schools

Current Issues in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Mcloughlin, Caven S ^a   Noltemeyer, Amity L ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Discipline; Disproportionality; Expulsion; Suspension; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955459142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1099839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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