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Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 2003
Discusses literature on student disengagement in school and efforts to improve student engagement in learning. Includes list of standards for engaged learning. (PKP)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Alienation, Student Participation
Glasser, Kay E. – American School Board Journal, 1988
A school board member in Sarasota County, Florida, interviewed 30 failing students at five high schools to find out why they were failing. She concluded that more caring attitudes by school staff are needed to help these students to succeed in school. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Communication
American School Board Journal, 1985
Findings from three studies indicate that the average student is remarkably unquestioning and that the school day is fragmented. The "shopping mall" high school that lets students do their own choosing may be an abdication of the school's responsibility to advise and challenge every student. (MLF)
Descriptors: Apathy, Board of Education Policy, Educational Environment, High Schools
