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Restorative Practices: Implementing an Alternative to Disproportionate Out-of-School Suspension and Expulsion Rates of Black Students
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Ezra Courtenay Cowan Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research describes the application of improvement science focusing on implementing restorative practices (RP) to decrease suspension and expulsion rates of Black students. Black students are suspended and expelled disproportionately compared to their White peers in South Carolina. Due to the high suspension and expulsion rates, school…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, African American Students, Discipline Policy, Educational Practices
The Relationship of Principal Conflict Management Style and School Climate
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Boucher, Miriam Miley – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Using a mixed-methods design, this study examined conflict management styles of elementary school principals in South Carolina and the relationship of conflict management style and school climate. The Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II, Form B, which identifies five styles of managing conflict, was used to determine principal conflict…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Schools, Principals
Examining the Relationship of Variables Related to Litigation regarding Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
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Meier, Irene M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) contains procedural safeguard provisions for parents [20 U.S.C. section 615]. Among these safeguards are (1) dispute resolution, (2) mediation, and (3) administrative hearing. Getty and Summy (2004) contend that some district litigation could be prevented if districts were…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Court Litigation, Special Education, Severe Mental Retardation