EJ613025 EC625736
Title:
Antisocial Behavior, Academic Failure, and School Climate: A Critical Review.
Author(s): McEvoy, Alan; Welker, Robert
Source: Journal of Emotional
and Behavioral Disorders, v8 n3 p130-40 Fall 2000
Publication Date:
2000
Notes: Special Series: School Safety Part II.
ISSN:
1063-4266
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--General
(050); Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement:
CIJMAR2001
This
article examines the role of school climate in guiding programs designed to reduce
academic failure and antisocial behavior among students defined as "at risk".
Suggestions are offered for improving such educational programs in a manner consistent
with research on school climate and effective schools. (Contains references.)
(Author/CR)
Descriptors: *Academic Failure; *Antisocial Behavior;
*Behavior Disorders; *Educational Environment; Elementary Secondary Education;
*Environmental Influences; High Risk Students; *Performance Factors; Program Effectiveness
