TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Academic differentiation, school achievement and school violence in the USA and South Korea
JO  - Compare: a journal of comparative and international education
A1  - Akiba, Motoko
A1  - Han, Seunghee
SP  - 201
EP  - 219
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0305-7925
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057920601165561
ID  - ref1
ER  -