Voices from the Heart. The Community Speaks Out about Student Expulsions and Suspensions in Colorado.

Autor/inn/en	Pappas, Georgia; und weitere
Institution	Latin American Research and Service Agency, Denver, CO.
Titel	Voices from the Heart. The Community Speaks Out about Student Expulsions and Suspensions in Colorado.
Quelle	(1995), (88 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Students; Case Studies; Counseling; Discipline; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethnic Groups; Expulsion; Hispanic Americans; Minority Groups; Multicultural Education; Nontraditional Education; Parent Participation; Prevention; School Districts; Suspension; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Counselling; Beratung; Disziplin; Ethnie; Relegation; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Ethnische Minderheit; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; School district; Schulbezirk; Ausschluss; Schulausschluss
Abstract	In Colorado, school discipline measures vary from classroom to classroom, school to school, and district to district. Another area of concern is the disproportionate number of ethnic minority students who are expelled in Colorado. While Latinos accounted for 17 percent of Colorado's students, they represented one-third of expelled students. African Americans were 5 percent of the student body, but 12 percent of expelled students. To determine how the community experienced and perceived expulsion and suspension, the Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA) collected case studies of 32 families, interviewed 24 students in 3 focus groups, and interviewed 13 community leaders. The data suggest that many student problems were never addressed and that expulsion was merely a short-term solution to a long-term problem. Recommendations are made that include: (1) alternatives for expelled students; (2) due process; (3) alternative discipline measures; (4) early prevention; (5) parent leadership training; (6) multicultural training for educators; (7) counseling; and (8) classroom structure. Six charts and seven tables present study findings. Appendix A contains parent responses to a questionnaire, and Appendix B summarizes student questionnaire responses. A 22-item bibliography follows the Introduction. (SLD)
Anmerkungen	Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA), 309 West First Avenue, Denver, CO 80223-1509 ($17.50).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC