Author questions the method of selecting and preparing activities sponsors, and urges an open-door policy in student participation. (Editor)

Author emphasizes the principal's need to be knowledgeable of the many child-oriented community agencies that can help the school deal with student problems both legal and social. (Editor)

Two recent visitors to the People's Republic of China report on dramatic changes in that nation's educational system. Besides experiencing some student problems similar to those in the U.S. (such as disobedience, early maturity, and reluctance to attend school), China faces the major problems confronting any Third World nation emerging in a…

Article describes one school's experience with the problem of students smoking in the restrooms and steps taken to solve it. (GB)

This study identifies and analyzes federal and state court cases relating to the rights of students during the period 1960 to 1971. (Editor)

Offers a list of nonthreatening questions to use in determining why a large number of students are doing unsatisfactory work in one teacher's class. Gives guidelines for the administrator's use of the information gained, including a chart showing how to analyze course offerings and grades. (WD)

Describes the Alternative Rehabilitation Program at Horner Junior High School (Pennsylvania). This program takes problem students out of regular classrooms so that students who want to learn no longer suffer from classroom disruptions. (MD)

Article describes a procedure to protect student rights and improve the process of identifying students' social, emotional, or learning problems. (Editor)

Many educators believe in the stereotype that all Asian immigrants are model students. Many Asian students react to the public school system with bewilderment and/or disinterest. Discusses ways to understand the students better and to work with their parents to help Asian-immigrant students. Includes 16 references. (Author/MD)

Describes the operation of the Vice Principal's Advisory Council (VPAC) at Montgomery High School, Skillman, New Jersey, which is used to provide a team approach to intervention in student problems. (JW)

Notes as students become more diverse, establishing a comfortable, challenging classroom in which every student feels valued becomes more difficult. Maintains teachers may be able to minimize problems and maximize learning by shifting to a more parental perspective and making the classroom an "academic home." As students share in…

Crisis intervention procedures can potentially conflict with students' right to privacy as defined by law and American School Counselor Association ethical standards. Principals are encouraged to work with their counseling staff and other pupil personnel workers to explore ethically appropriate means to serve students in crisis without violating…

Discipline in the urban middle school is a rehabilitative process requiring accurate adult perception of the kinds of behavior problems which interfere with student achievement. (Author)

Describes a system for dealing effectively with middle school students' learning and behavior problems through a team approach. (Author/DS)

Findings of a California secondary school survey of procedures for solving students' problems are presented here, along with recommendations for designing an effective problem-solving mechanism. (Author)