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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Student suspension"”.
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An analysis of secondary student suspension
… of administrative and policy decisions regarding student suspension. Selected personal, academic, and socio-economic characteristics of the 3,472 secondary students suspended by the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools during 1976-77 were analyzed. In addition, selected organizational and …
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The effects of three policy changes upon student suspension in a suburban junior high school
Serious student misconduct requires the administrative disciplinary action of external suspension. Moreover, this exclusionary action sometimes compounds the problem for American educators. Missed days of attendance equal corresponding losses in state aid. Public opinion reflects disdain toward the …
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Clarification of management rights in regard to student suspension, expulsion, and exclusion in the state of Indiana
… the rights of administrators in dealing with student suspension, expulsion, and exclusion in substantive and procedural due process matters. A legal. research was used to accomplish the purpose of the study. A review of the literature from 1969 through 1978 was made. The focus of the review …
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Character Education Programs and Student Suspension Rates from School: Do Character Education Programs Decrease Student Suspensions from Regular Instructional Public Elementary Schools in Texas?
… if character education programs impact the suspension rates of students from regular instructional public elementary schools in Texas. The data was also examined to determine if the number of years since a school's implementation of a character education program has an impact on the …
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A Qualitative Descriptive Study on Secondary School Administrators’ Perception of Restorative Practices and the Impact of Restorative Practice Program
… policies in secondary schools contribute to high student suspension and dropout rates. Zero tolerance policies do not provide an alternative solution to correct undesired behaviors and do virtually nothing to target a solution to reduce suspensions and student dropout. The purpose of this …
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A Study of In-School Suspension Programs in Area 7 of Iowa
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Alternative behavior programs to be effectively implemented in middle schools
… more teachers can not be hired to lower student/teacher ratios, and alternative methods of discipline are not being implemented. With these funding problems, it is easy to see why disciplinary problems in schools are not declining. One of the most commonly used methods of discipline is …
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Alternative discipline: "in or out"
… to determine the effectiveness of the in-school suspension program at Westervelt compared to the prominent alternative, out of school suspension practiced at Westervelt, Luyber and Shauna High Schools.</p> <p>The results of this study were based upon the analysis of the feedback of the …
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Effects of a Behavior-Changing Treatment Upon In-School Suspension Reassignments
… What components should be part of an in-school suspension (ISS) program for the the program to be an effective and successful disciplinary tool? Procedure: During a six-week period, half of the students assigned to ISS in Fort Dodge, Iowa, received an academic treatment and worked on academic …
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The benefits of an in-school suspension program
… this study was to develop an effective in-school suspension program for the Ocean City Intermediate School students using a community based action research design. Development of an ISS program provided a positive learning environment where discipline and learning take place within the school …
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Parental involvement as a tool to lower repeat suspension offenses
… for involvement to the parents of tenth grade students who received their first out-of-school suspension. The study took place during the first semester of the 2002- 2003 school year. Parents were asked to participate in this study by answering a short survey and by discussing the incident with …
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Principals' outlooks on suspension based on socioeconomic status, gender, years of experience, and school type
… variables would have on their attitude toward suspension. According to previous research done by Dr. Russell Skiba of Indiana University, high rates of suspension have been due to racial identity. Even after controlling for poverty status, racial disparities do not disappear (Skiba, Michael, & …
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A Survey of the Causes for Suspensions in the Junior High Schools of the Highline School District
… relate compulsory attendance to the problem of suspension, (2) survey the frequency of and causes for suspensions of junior high school students, (3) survey the course of action taken by the school, school district and/or the parents of the suspended student, and (4) to study the number of cases …
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A case study: the effectiveness of an in-school suspension program at Cherokee High School
… to evaluate the effectiveness on an in-school suspension program at Cherokee High School, The intern evaluated three aspects of the program. The intern sought to identify if the population of the school views the program as a deterrent, as well as evaluate the rehabilitation aspect of the …
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The effect of suspension on student achievement in Mathematics and English among high school students
… of this study was to determine the effect of suspension in Mathematics and English achievement among the students at Sequoia Transition High School.</p> <p>The major aspects of methodology used in this study were collected from material culture of student grades for the.period of September …