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Salimi, Nooshin; Karimi-Shahanjarin, Akram; Rezapur-Shahkolai, Forouzan; Hamzeh, Behrooz; Roshanaei, Ghodratollah; Babamiri, Mohammad – Education and Urban Society, 2021
School violence and bullying are considered a serious concern worldwide. Evidence shows that applying the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) framework could be effective in reducing school bullying. While there have been significant efforts to evaluate school-based anti-bullying interventions in the world, the implementation process and the…
Descriptors: Violence, Bullying, Prevention, Counseling Effectiveness
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Lash, Cristina L.; Sanchez, Monika – Education and Urban Society, 2019
Nationwide, place-based initiatives aiming to improve school and community outcomes are in the midst of neighborhood demographic change. We explore this issue through a case study of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN). We discuss how the social and educational context of MPN poses several challenges to implementing Promise Neighborhood…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Working Class, Advantaged, Whites
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Carswell, Steven B.; Hanlon, Thomas E.; Watts, Amy M.; O'Grady, Kevin E. – Education and Urban Society, 2014
This article reports on a program of research that examined the background, planning, implementation, and evaluation of an after-school preventive intervention program within an ongoing urban alternative education program targeting African American students referred to the school because of their problematic behavior in regular schools. The…
Descriptors: Prevention, Educational Research, African American Students, Nontraditional Education
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Green, Judith A. – Education and Urban Society, 2009
Improving student discipline is a constant challenge in the field of P-12 education. The challenge is especially great for district-level administrators who must address the educational and social needs of all students. As a district-level administrator, the author participates in a study of a midwestern district of elementary (preschool-8)…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Educational Practices, Program Implementation
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Kutner, Mark A. – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Federal intent is conveyed to states and localities through a series of actions that include authorizing legislation, legislative history, formal legal framework, administrative decisions, and congressional oversight. Program implementation, in turn, requires states and localities to modify organizational structures, processes, and behavior.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Peterson, Paul E. – Education and Urban Society, 1985
Assesses major findings and recommendations of the education commission reports and discusses issues and topics that they avoid. Argues that the inadequacies of the reports derive from the defective nature of the commission process itself. Also argues that even if the commission reports had never been issued, American schools would be on the mend.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
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Elmore, Richard F.; McLaughlin, Milbrey Wallin – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Uses previous implementation studies to investigate the process of local implementation of federal educational policy since 1965. Examines assumptions underlying federal educational policies; suggests different ways of thinking about the federal role in education; and maintains that effective implementation of federal educational programs requires…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
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Knapp, Michael S.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Examines effects of several federal categorical programs and civil rights mandates on schools/school districts. Concluded that federal and state policies for special populations have (1) improved and expanded services for target students, and (2) increased the structural complexity of schools and districts. The study also found that overtime costs…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Boards of Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Compensatory Education
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McClare, Greg – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Discusses the role of school principals and school boards in developing policies in the following areas in order to inform faculty members of their duty to report suspected cases of abuse: (1) child-abuse reporting procedures; (2) educational and training programs; and (3) community linkage mechanisms. (JS)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
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Jehl, Jeanne; Kirst, Michael W. – Education and Urban Society, 1993
Discusses ways schools must restructure to provide school-linked services. Education personnel must learn to work with other agencies and to expand the boundaries of their efforts. Practical implications of school-linked services are illustrated via reference to the New Beginnings program of the San Diego (California) city schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Children, Cooperative Planning