The focus of this dissertation was the use of restorative justice practices in the collegiate setting. Some have expressed concern with the legal nature of campus conduct processes. Restorative practices have been implemented in criminal justice and K-12 settings and are seen by some as an antidote to overly legalistic campus conduct processes.…

It is proposed that a disciplinary Saturday school may be a good alternative to student suspension because it solves many of the problems involved with suspending students from school. Allowing students to attend Saturday school rather than being suspended gives them an opportunity to improve their grades and to attend all their regular classes.…

Describes a series of disciplinary measures that are being developed in schools across the country as alternatives to suspension from school. They range from special classes to efforts to bring about parental truancy control, and they reflect several new educational realities. (Author/RK)

Because of widespread disillusion with suspension as a discipline procedure, school officials are developing inschool alternative programs. Institution of such a program must begin with reflection about how current disciplinary programs are succeeding or failing. The primary purposes of the program must include helping the child and identifying…

A nine-step discipline process, which can become a profound learning experience for potentially disruptive students, provides numerous opportunities to become more responsible and to adopt more productive behavior for those who move through the system. (Author)

The author of this handbook maintains that substantial school improvement can take place only within an orderly environment. To achieve a positive educational climate, he lists numerous suggestions to handle school discipline problems. Individual chapters cover conducting a campaign against crime and violence, handling discipline problems…

The use of a traveling instructional team to provide local inservice workshops to assist New Jersey vocational teachers and administrators in reducing and dealing with discipline problems is described and the effectiveness of the training seminars evaluated. (TA)

Background for this monograph comes from a study of in-school suspension programs conducted in schools in North Carolina. Chapter 1 focuses on the effectively disciplined school in terms of a total school perspective and the characteristics of a well-disciplined school. Chapter 2 addresses three categories of administrative discipline strategies:…

This report summarizes the findings of a survey designed to identify strategies that have been found to be successful for dealing with school disciplinary problems. Data were collected through questionnaires responded to by more than 2,000 school administrators, with supplementary data provided by interviews with 100 administrators and information…

This report presents a number of discipline policy recommendations based on the results of a survey of students, teachers, and administrators in 60 randomly selected high schools in New York State. The bulk of the report is contained in the appendix and presents exemplary discipline programs in public and private secondary schools in New York.…

The 12 items listed in this annotated bibliography are entries in the ERIC system considered to be useful and significant publications on classroom discipline. The publications cited deal with discipline guidelines, assertive discipline programs, creative solutions to discipline problems, inservice programs, and discipline programs focusing on the…

The Committee on Referral and Evaluation (CORE) was the second phase of a two-phased practicum designed to improve the behavior of students identified as hard-core discipline problems. The first phase was a computer discipline record-keeping system used to identify problem students. The CORE Program combined school, community, and state agencies…

This manual begins with an introductory chapter concerning the authors' philosophy of effective discipline at the secondary level. Both this chapter and the entire volume stress the necessity of firm, consistent discipline coupled with a genuine concern for students. The second chapter defines and explains legal requirements related to…

A 3-year program was implemented in eight middle schools in the Charleston County School District (South Carolina) in fall 1986 to cope with high rates of student misconduct. The program sought to improve the clarity of school rules and the consistency of rule enforcement, classroom organization and management, frequency of communication to the…