Identifying what commonalities exist in high schools where students consistently outperform other demographically similar students is of particular interest to administrators and practitioners looking to increase graduation rates among all students. Schools that particularly improve the performance of students with special needs and those from…

Considers a number of factors which were attendant to the dropout phenomenon around the turn of the century and in the 1950s-1960s. (Author)

As educators, are we stifling learning by using non-motivating, dissatisfying factors and concepts to try to motivate our students? According to the work of Dr. Frederick Herzberg, many teachers may be doing the wrong thing for the right reason. Considers what motivates students to enjoy their educational surroundings and to learn. (Author/RK)

An inquiry was made into the impact that the 1960s had had on high school student's behavior and conduct in the 1970s. A survey of 159 schools in 17 states indicated that violence has been replaced with compromise and consideration. Nevertheless, school and student management are still in need of refinement and reevaluation. (Author/RK)

Considers how the world of work and leisure time interact with the self concepts of adolescents. Also proposes a way for more teenagers to achieve identity, an alternative by which favorable self impression can be sustained during adult life even if one's employment is boring and routine. (Author/RK)

Author describes the mini-course not only as curriculum revitalization but also as an important basis for improved personnel relations throughout the school. (Author//RK)

Author proposed to state general propositions sufficiently developed by the outcome of court cases to better understand the weight against which particular situations involving the physical punishment of a student may be tested. The rationale upon which authority for punishment of pupils has evolved was also reviewed. (Author/RK)

Considers the nature of the larger corporate society and the school's subordination to it, that before there is educational change, there must be social change, and that schools, by design, will continue to encourage alienation in the larger societal structure while perpetuating the status quo. (Author/RK)

Evaluates the reasons for the conflict between suburban school students and administrators that began in the 1960's and ended abruptly in 1973. Also explains how these conflicts were overcome and the net outcome of the student administrator conflict. (RK)

A discussion of the causes of student activism, and the possible ways in which educators in secondary schools are responding or can respond to the psychological being of their students. (Author/DR)

States that it is possible and desirable to grant academic freedom to students and considers four possible criticisms that might be associated with giving students the responsibility for determining their own school activities. (Author/RK)

Several pilot studies designed to stimulate moral thinking in classroom settings were discussed. Each offered a primary objective of the stimulation of mature moral thought and action. (Author/RK)

Procedures suggested here represent attempts to deal with potential problems of classroom control by making teacher expectations clear, by developing strategies in advance to deal with potential trouble spots during the class hour, and by reacting quickly to subtle changes in students' behavior. (Author)

The recent school reform movement of the 1980s and 1990s has been characterized by school-based management (SBM) initiatives and participatory decision-making arrangements. While much has been written about the need for teacher, parental and community involvement in school decision-making, the role of the student in these experiments has remained…

This article describes an attempt to reduce truancy through intervention in the school system. This strategy had two goals: (1) amelioration of truancy as manifested in individual patterns of behavior; (2) elimination of setting events and/or contingencies within the school system that evoke or reinforce truancy. (Author/KC)