Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ460636
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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A Study of Race and Gender Bias in the Punishment of Handicapped School Children.
McFadden, Anna C.; And Others
Urban Review, v24 n4 p239-51 Dec 1992
Studies race and gender, rule violations, punishments, referral rates and frequencies, and follow-up activities to determine differences in treatment by race, sex, and handicapping condition found in 4,391 discipline files from 9 schools of a Florida kindergarten through grade-12 district. Racial bias exists in the administration of punishment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Chi Square, Disabilities, Discipline, Educational Discrimination, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students, Hispanic Americans, Minority Groups, Punishment, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Secondary School Students, Sex Bias, Sex Discrimination, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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