School Desegregation and Suspension in East Baton Rouge Parish

A Preliminary Report

Bibliographic Data

ID4048397
AuthorsClarence H Thornton, William T Trent (Institute for Educational Leadership)
Year1988
Volume57
Issue4
Pages482
Publication date1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Negro Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2984 • E-ISSN: 2167-6437
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2295691
OpenAlexW2312188459
LanguageEN
Citations received19

It is more than a quarter century since the Supreme Court handed down the famous Brown v. Board of Education decision. Since that time the issue of school desegregation has remained hotly debated, volatile, and extensively researched. The present study is concerned with a topic of relatively recent origin-school desegregation and suspensions. The quality of the educational environment of our nation's schools has always been of prime importance to many parents. And, of course, many parents feel that a disciplined, safe learning environment is an essential part of quality education. Interest in the safety of our schools was brought to national attention with the publication of the National Institute of Education's (NIE's) Safe Study Report,' which documented the extent, and some of the causes, of school violence. Similarly, our attention became focused on the schools' responses to student misbehavior and perceived misbehavior with such publications as NIE's In-School Alternatives to Suspension2 and the Children's Defense Fund's School Suspensions: Are They Helping Children?3 In the last named study, it

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