From 2020, the long-standing debate regarding the English national curriculum's capacity to discuss issues of ethnicity and race escalated. The history subject curriculum particularly is seen as excluding ethnic minorities from an 'Island Story' often depicting a White Anglocentric identity disassociated with the wider world. In 2021, the…

In the 2016 General Session, House Bill 443, School Dropout Prevention and Recovery, enacted provisions regarding a school's responsibility to provide dropout prevention and recovery services. This report is provided to the Education Interim Committee to summarize dropout prevention and recovery services reported by local education agencies. Local…

The authors assert that schools need to provide better quality sports health care for high school athletes and discuss the role of the athletic trainer in reducing the incidence of injuries, practicing proper preventive measures, and maintaining a sound health care program. (WD)

From the language labs to algebra class, writing instruction is an integral part of the total curriculum at Hanover High School in New Hampshire. (Author/MLF)

Morality should be taught in public schools. Ethics, the effort to apply simple moral rules, is too complex to teach to secondary school students. Very few adolescents can apply a conduct code requiring them to weigh refined issues, apply prudence, and display considerable self-control. Most lack the necessary maturity. Includes five references.…

Suicide, currently the second major cause of death among youth, is increasing. Dealing with the aftermath of student suicide requires unusual interventions called "postventions." Important functions include preventing cluster suicides, reducing student isolation, and aiding survivors in the grieving process. Planning involves four steps:…

Teachers and administrators must ensure that youth with gender identity disorder receive the same psychological and physical protection offered to other students. This article uses a case study to provide information regarding assessment of, and intervention with, youngsters who have gender identity disorder. (MKA)

Four areas of concern need to be developed as quickly as possible if significant changes are to be achieved at the secondary school level, believe members of Task Force '74. They are: citizen involvement, educating for student responsibility, alternative programs, and teacher negotiations. (Editor)

Gang activities are often part of a complex web of drugs, abuse, and high regard for violent and criminal behavior. This article discusses the spread of street gangs and describes innovative intervention and prevention programs, such as Chicago's counseling/support project using ex-gang members. Experts' tips are also provided. (MLH)

A high school principal describes a 48-hour plan he constructed to deal with adolescent suicide. Essential steps include activating the emergency contact chain used for school closings, enlisting community support, relaying the facts, refusing to glorify the suicide, helping staff help students, and evaluating the plan. (four references) (MLH)

By focusing parent involvement programs on the parents and families instead of student "type," schools should identify parents not served by traditional outreach programs and find surrogate parents for certain students, as needed. Maintaining parent involvement depends on keeping records, respecting family culture and language, encouraging parents…

Comprehensive sexuality education and education for a democracy have many important common features. They both seek to help individuals maintain physical and mental health, form and maintain stable relationships, develop decision-making skills, and develop a toleration for diversity. Sexuality education should encourage freedom of thought--not…

An education in the performing arts provides students with a rich growing environment and facilitates learning by requiring students to think, not just memorize. The performing arts also teach students to celebrate the differences between themselves and others, understand our pluralistic society, and learn discipline, self-respect, perseverance,…

Secondary schools must provide for the continuation of student reading skill development. Some key concepts about reading instruction are outlined and an extensive resource list is provided. (Author/MLF)

Although unable to find any evidence to indicate that secondary schools in Canada have or have not made any progress in reducing sex stereotyping or sex discrimination, the author states that the Canadian educational system is aware of its responsibility to uphold non-sexist standards for its young students. Discusses some research done on undoing…