@article{ref1,
title="Academic differentiation, school achievement and school violence in the USA and South Korea",
journal="Compare: a journal of comparative and international education",
year="2007",
author="Akiba, Motoko and Han, Seunghee",
volume="37",
number="2",
pages="201-219",
abstract="Whilst school violence is a major public concern and a focus of educational reforms both in the USA and South Korea, few studies have comparatively examined the rates of school violence and school factors associated with them. Analyzing nationally-representative data from eighth graders, their mathematics teachers and principals in 150 South Korean schools and in 216 US schools, the authors found that: 1) the rates of school violence are higher in the US than South Korea, 2) student-reported violence rates are not associated with school-reported violence rates in both nations and 3) South Korean schools with academic tracking and low-achieving US schools are more likely to have higher rates of school violence. Policy and practical implications of these findings are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0305-7925",
doi="10.1080/03057920601165561",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057920601165561"
}