The senior year by all reason should be the capstone of an individual's time in the K-12 system. It should carry not only academic rigor, but also a spirit of unrivaled engagement if it is truly going to be an appropriate culminating experience. For many 12th graders across the country, it is far from that. How can educators create an educational…

There is a widely held notion that public schools should not teach values. In effect, schools do. In addition, there is probably no significant decision that a school administrator or classroom teacher can make that does not have a normative dimension. In this article, the author discusses how teachers are often not aware that they are imposing…

School administrators are crucial in developing and implementing an effective, comprehensive school Suicide-prevention program. They should develop a districtwide policy, establish school-level crisis-intervention teams, provide teacher training, ensure appropriate responses to threats, include suicide-prevention education in the curriculum, and…