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Teachman, Gerard W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
After reviewing the extent of in-school truancy in the Detroit high schools, the author offers three recommendations centering on the adoption and enforcement of attendance policies that lead the student to acceptance of personal responsibility for his/her attendance. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Attendance, Discipline Policy, Secondary Education, Truancy
Download full textHooker, Clifford P. – 1985
A review of court opinions on school discipline suggests that the use of academic penalties as a sanction for student misconduct is widespread and increasing. In 12 cases during the past decade examined in this chapter, students won 5 and lost 7. In challenges of school board policies that assess academic penalties for truancy, students won in…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
