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Governor's Task Force on School Violence and Vandalism, MI. – 1979
The governor of Michigan charged the Task Force on School Violence and Vandalism with the responsibility of developing recommendations designed to reduce school violence and vandalism. The Task Force was divided into five subcommittees: (1) Student Concerns, (2) Educational Personnel Concerns, (3) Law Enforcement and School Security Concerns, (4)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delinquency Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change
California School Boards Association, Sacramento. – 1980
A task force was appointed by the California School Boards Association to investigate the increase in violence and vandalism and to recommend courses of action. The task force found four changes in society contributing to the increase: (1) the breakdown of the home and family unit, (2) the lack of self-discipline in children and the absence of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Delinquency Prevention, Discipline Problems
Barr, Robert D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Reviews the contributions of alternative schools to public education over the past decade and predicts diversity and success for the movement in the 1980s. (WD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Delinquency Prevention