Whether they work in a rural, urban, or suburban district, all teachers should expect to confront children who have had adverse childhood experiences involving trauma. All teachers should understand how trauma affects students' social, emotional, and academic growth. The more that teachers understand how traumatic experiences affect student…

Presents the results of a questionnaire on student rights given to urban Black youth and suburban White youth, and speculates about the reasons the urban youth seem to be more conservative. (IRT)

Results of an opinion questionnaire administered to students in Russia and in the United States. (LR)

The poor performance of students in America's urban high schools, both in absolute terms and in comparison with their more economically secure counterparts in suburban schools, is a critical issue for the country, and the opportunity for all students to learn mathematics has been heralded as the new "civil right." In a recent study of…

A questionnaire distributed to 25 school systems across the U.S. reveals that a majority of secondary school students have positive feelings about their schools and their teachers. Building administrators drew the most negative responses. (Author/WD)

Describes a study of the awareness of 299 elementary and secondary teachers and administrators from the Chicago (Illinois) area concerning U.S. Supreme Court decisions affecting the civil liberties and rights of students and teachers. The findings indicated that mechanisms for communicating Court decisions to the schools were ineffective and…