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4 EDUCATION POLICY AND ORGANIZING


When the schoolhouse feels like a jailhouse
Relationships between attendance, school environment, and violence in New York City public schools
By: Sharon Balmer [2006]
This quasi-experimental study was conducted to examine whether the implementation of a punitive discipline policy, known as the Impact Schools intervention, in ten New York City high schools was successful in increasing attendance rate.
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