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Fenning, Pamela; Rose, Jennifer – Urban Education, 2007
The overrepresentation of ethnic minority students, particularly African American males, in the exclusionary discipline consequences of suspension and expulsion has been consistently documented during the past three decades. Children of poverty and those with academic problems are also overrepresented in such discipline consequences. Sadly, a…
Descriptors: African American Students, Discipline, Correctional Institutions, School Policy
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Krasner, Michael – Urban Education, 1980
In order to determine why community control groups and low income people have been excluded from power, this study describes and analyzes in detail the politics of education in a typical New York City public school district. (Author/JLF)
Descriptors: Community Control, Decentralization, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
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Strouse, Joan H. – Urban Education, 1990
Discusses whether school districts are prepared to deal with AIDS among students and school personnel based on questionnaire data. Results indicate a lack of preparedness for these situations. Discusses why districts lack written policies to deal with these situations and what type of AIDS policy a school district should have. (JS)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation