Caroline Hodges Percell's views on the purpose of schooling are reviewed in this article. Her data demonstrating the school's role in encouraging the continuation of the inequalities of American society are discussed. (EB)

Studies race and gender, rule violations, punishments, referral rates and frequencies, and follow-up activities to determine differences in treatment by race, sex, and handicapping condition found in 4,391 discipline files from 9 schools of a Florida kindergarten through grade-12 district. Racial bias exists in the administration of punishment.…