Zero Benefit: Estimating the Effect of Zero Tolerance Discipline Polices on Racial Disparities in School Discipline

Educational Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-95

  Hoffman, Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

educational policy; school discipline; school districts; secondary education; zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891528977     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904812453999     Document Type: Article

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