Public School District Survey on Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools

摘要

This report is the third in a series of three E.D. TABS presenting results from three surveys on safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools. The statistics represent public school district superintendents perspectives on issues related to safety, discipline, and drug use prevention in public elementary and secondary schaols. A national sample of 790 public school district superintendents was selected; 739 of these superintendents responded to questions concerning the extent of discipline problems within schools, the nature and effectiveness drug education programs, and disciplinary actions. To the extent that student alcohol and drug use, violence, and of current policies and disruptive behavior are problems facing schools, they are impediments to learning. To address such problems, the nations Governors and the President endorsed a set of National Education Goals to be reached by the year 2000. National Education Goal Six calls for all schools in America to be free of drugs and violence and to offer a safe, disciplined environment conducive to learning. To achieve the goal, policymakers, educators, and the public need information about the current status of the nations schools and the extent to which the goals various objectives are being met.