The relationship of school structure and support to suspension rates for black and white high school students

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 904-934

  Gregory, Anne ^a   Cornell, Dewey ^b   Fan, Xitao ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High school; Race; School climate; Support; Suspension

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960299570     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831211398531     Document Type: Article

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