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Jones, Sherry Everett; Axelrad, Robert; Wattigney, Wendy A. – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: As society continues to focus on the importance of academic achievement, the physical environment of schools should be addressed as 1 of the critical factors that influence academic outcomes. The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006 provides, for the first time, a comprehensive look at the extent to which schools have…
Descriptors: School Buses, School Safety, Hazardous Materials, Mail Surveys
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Shriver, Thomas E.; Kennedy, Dennis K. – Rural Sociology, 2005
The majority of the literature on contaminated communities indicates that environmental hazards lead to conflict and dissension. In this paper we examine the salient dimensions of conflict and factionalism in a rural Oklahoma community. The community is heavily contaminated from 80 years of commercial mining operations and was one of the first…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Physical Environment, Hazardous Materials, Conflict