The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 113-126

  Beland, Louis Philippe ^a   Kim, Dongwoo ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

education; shootings; student performance; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957810440     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373715590683     Document Type: Article

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