Improving learning environments : school discipline and student achievement in comparative perspective / edited by Richard Arum and Melissa Velez.

Other author Arum, Richard.
Other author Velez, Melissa.
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 337 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in social inequality
Studies in social inequality. ^A472701
Contents School discipline, student achievement and social inequality / Richard Arum, Karly Ford, and Melissa Velez -- Academic performance and expectations of Canadian students / Robert Andersen and David Zarifa -- School discipline in Chile / Florencia Torche and Alejandra Mizala -- School discipline and achievement in Israel / Yossi Shavit and Carmel Blank -- School discipline, performance and the presence of immigrants in Italian schools / Paolo Barbieri and Stefani Scherer -- School, discipline, and achievement in Japan / Hiroshi Ishida and Satoshi Miwa -- School disciplinary climate, behavioral problems, and academic achievement in the Netherlands / Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Machteld Bergstra, and René Veenstra -- School discipline, math/science achievement, and college aspirations in contemporary Russia / Theodore P. Gerber -- Correlates of school disciplinary climate and its consequences for student achievement in South Korea / Hyunjoon Park -- Class and racial differences in U.S. school disciplinary environments / Richard Arum and Melissa Velez.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011039932
ISBN9780804778039 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804778035 (cloth : alk. paper)

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