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An Analysis of the Relationship between Teachers' Perceptions of School Disciplinary Climate and Five Organizational Productivity Measures
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Bolden, Jason Pierre – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between five school productivity measures at 248 Tennessee high schools and educators' perceptions of these institutions' climate for student discipline. Grounded in archived accountability information stored on the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) website, these five productivity…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Discipline, Educational Environment
Student Threat Assessment in Memphis City Schools: A Descriptive Report
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Strong, Ken; Cornell, Dewey – Behavioral Disorders, 2008
Threat assessment has been widely recommended as a violence prevention approach for schools, but there are few reports of its implementation. Memphis City Schools adapted the Virginia threat assessment guidelines (Cornell & Sheras, 2006) for use by a centralized team serving 194 schools and a student population of 118,000. This article…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Evaluation, Violence, Prevention
Opinions of Teachers and Parents Concerning Contemporary Issues Affecting Rural Schools.
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Peach, Larry E.; Reddick, Thomas L. – 1998
A random selection of 700 parents and teachers representing rural central Tennessee schools was surveyed in order to make their opinions available to policy makers. Usable responses were returned by 196 parents and 224 teachers. Parents opposed increasing public school funds through a lottery; teachers approved. Both groups believed that prayer…
Descriptors: Discipline, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance, Educational Practices