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An Evaluation of Public School District Tobacco Policies in St. Louis County, Missouri
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Barbero, Colleen; Moreland-Russell, Sarah; Bach, Laura E.; Cyr, Julianne – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: One way to address tobacco use by youth is for primary and secondary schools to adopt and implement comprehensive tobacco policies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the comprehensiveness of tobacco policies in St. Louis County, Missouri public school districts. Methods: We evaluated the strength of tobacco policies from all 23…
Descriptors: Smoking, School Policy, Policy Analysis, Public Schools
Limitations and Analysis of FERPA Policies within Florida Public School Districts
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Rogers, Sheryl D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The study was a policy analysis of student records policies within Florida public K-12 school districts. The researcher gathered all student records policies for the sixty-seven school districts. In addition, traditional legal research was used involving applicable federal acts, state statutes, case law, as well as legal and educational…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Policy, Privacy, Policy Analysis
Watering America's Pluralist Roots: The Case for Open Religious Dialog in American Public Schools
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DeSantis, Josh – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2011
The longest lasting and most intimate interaction with government for most Americans takes place in US public schools. The Court's choice to enter into the national religious debate intensified the rhetoric and polarized many Americans into opponents and proponents of increasing religious instruction in public schools. This work narrates the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Religion, Religious Education, Debate
Evaluating the Strength of School Tobacco Policies: The Development of a Practical Rating System
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Boyce, Jennifer C.; Mueller, Nancy B.; Hogan-Watts, Melissa; Luke, Douglas A. – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: School tobacco control policies vary widely in their strength, extensiveness, and enforcement. Currently, no standardized method exists to assess the comprehensiveness of school tobacco policies. The purpose of this study was to develop a new practical rating system for school tobacco policies, assess its reliability, and present…
Descriptors: Smoking, Board of Education Policy, School Policy, Policy Analysis
Managing Conduct: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Safe Schools Policies in Toronto, Canada and Buffalo, USA
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Winton, Sue – Comparative Education, 2011
Public school districts in Buffalo, USA and Toronto, Canada reviewed their safe schools policies in 2008. Revised Codes of Conduct are compared to earlier versions and each other, and a conceptual policy web is used to understand how local, state/provincial, national, and international influences affect local safe school policies. The comparison…
Descriptors: Evidence, Violence, School Safety, Policy Analysis
Limitations upon Legitimate Authority to Suspend and Expel K-12 Public School Students: A Moral Analysis
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Ladenson, Robert F. – Theory and Research in Education, 2011
This article presents a moral analysis of the limitations upon legitimate authority to suspend and expel students in K-12 public schools, and it brings this analysis to bear on a pair of difficult disciplinary cases. The analysis is grounded in a defense of a child's right to receive a public education. It identifies the minimum content of that…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Childrens Rights, Public Education