In 1995, the Texas legislature established a policy that each school district must have an "alternative educational setting for behavioral management." This policy brief examines the ways in which this idea has been implemented in Texas, using data from the Texas Education Agency. Findings show that, for the most part, these alternative…

The strengths and weaknesses of five highly publicized ideas in education are noted. The first is the idea of heterogeneous grouping. Advocates seem to think that there is no room for homogeneous grouping of students by ability, but both plans should be used because in society, individuals interact with others regardless of ability but they also…

This paper describes the development of the fourth and latest version of the Teacher Variance Inventory-IV (TVI-IV). It was designed to improve the psychometric properties of the TVI and explore other characteristics that enable the TVI to be used for teacher consultation. The TVI-IV is a self-report measure based on Teacher Variance theory, a…

The School Probably has its greatest role to play with the pre-suicidal child, so that the suicidal crisis may be averted before it begins. In the schools this is effected by encouraging a more personalized teacher-pupil relationship--by encouraging extracurricular involvement as an alternative to withdrawal and isolation, and by educating…

Over- and underachievement, differences between reading and arithmetic total scores, and type of skill proficiency (concrete versus cognitive) were explored in 130 elementary school children referred by their teachers as behavior problems. (Author)

Described are benefits and techniques of movement exploration, a nontraditional way of teaching physical education to students with attitudinal, emotional, and/or learning problems and to regular students. (KW)

The results of this study suggest that incorporation of values and standards of morality is most favorable when parental discipline does not involve extreme techniques. Also, individuals who tend to resort to methods of dishonesty in the classroom generally fall in the category of low achievers. (Author)

Described is an experimental program in which students with behavioral and/or learning difficulties are helped within the regular classroom by a diagnostic-prescriptive teacher or a crisis-resource teacher. (CB)

Four articles describe difficulties of diagnosing and teaching children who are 1) minimally brain-damaged or slow-maturing, 2) pampered to the point of undergoing emotional problems in a normal classroom, 3) in need of intensive teaching care or 4) highly creative but not easily adaptable to everyday school environment. (PD)

Defines drug abuse, identifies drug abusers, and emphasizes drug education in the family living context, as well as offering alternatives to drug use. (KJ)