DISRUPTION IN URBAN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 38383
• Author(s): S K BAILEY
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 146 pages
• Contract Number(s): OEC-0-70-3444 (508)
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Syracuse University
• Sale Source: Eric Document Reproduction Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINAL REPORT ON AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF UNREST AND EDUCATIONAL DISRUPTION IN THE URBAN HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, CONDUCTED BY THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION IN THE SPRING OF 1970.

Abstract

THE DATA COLLECTED INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY 60,000 STUDENTS FROM 27 PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELECTED WITHIN 19 LARGE CITIES. INTERVIEWS WERE ALSO CONDUCTED WITH ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY PEOPLE, POLICE AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE COMPLETED FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT MET CERTAIN CRITERIA. A COPY OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE, STATISTICAL TABLES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, SUMMARIZATION OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY-MAKING ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FINAL REPORT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)