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Direct linkMcloughlin, Caven S.; Noltemeyer, Amity L. – Current Issues in Education, 2010
Compared to other school typologies, major urban high poverty schools more frequently use exclusionary discipline and apply these techniques disproportionately to African American students. We explored school demographic variables predicting these two outcomes using data from 440 major urban, high poverty schools. Results suggest a different set…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Poverty, Discipline, Disproportionate Representation
Preparing School Psychologists for Working with Diverse Students: Does Program Accreditation Matter?
Styck, Kara M. – Current Issues in Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree to which differences exist between accredited and non-accredited school psychology training programs on specific characteristics of training theorized to prepare graduates for working with racially, ethnically, and/or linguistically diverse students. Training directors from each of the 237…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Counselor Training, School Psychology, Student Diversity
Mertler, Craig Alan – Current Issues in Education, 2010
Due to the magnitude of "NCLB", the pressure on teachers has increased to perhaps immeasurable proportions. One could argue that "NCLB" has ramifications for nearly all aspects of the teaching-learning process, including classroom-based assessment. The purpose of this study was to describe teachers' beliefs about…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Political Influences
Torres, Mario Sergio; Collier, Virginia; Tolson, Homer; Huang, Tse-Yang – Current Issues in Education, 2010
This study examined the extent to which Texas school boards of education made efforts to locally modify student speech policy. Using online policy manuals provided by the Texas Association of School Boards, speech policies for 91 school districts were gathered using a purposive stratified sampling procedure and examined for local modifications to…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Constitutional Law, Boards of Education, Geographic Location
Shereeza Mohammed; John Pisapia; David A. Walker – Current Issues in Education, 2009
A hypothesized model of state implementation of federal policy was extracted from empirical studies to discover the strategies states can use to gain compliance more cost effectively. Sixteen factors were identified and applied to the implementation of the Scientific Based Research provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Data collected from…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Compliance (Legal)
