A comparative study was conducted on the relationship between the frequency of sexual assault incidents and the relative accessibility of alcohol on two small liberal arts colleges and one larger public university. The alcohol policy varied among the colleges in that one was an alcohol free campus and another permitted drinking for students who…

This digest discusses student profiling and describes strategies for reducing the risk of violence in schools. "Student profiling" refers to a process in which checklists of behaviors and personal characteristics associated with youth who have perpetrated violence are used to determine a student's potential for future violence. A central…

Parents reflexively believe that suburban public schools provide children with safer and more wholesome environments than their urban counterparts. This report finds that the comforting outward signs of order and decency in suburban public schools don?t reflect real student behavior. Using hard national data on high school students, this report by…

The Code of Virginia requires school divisions statewide to submit data annually to the Department of Education (DOE) on incidents of discipline, crime, and violence. These incidents shall include: (1) those that occurred on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity; and (2) offenses, wherever committed, by students…

Preventing youth from dropping out of school is an enormous challenge for school systems, especially students who display aggressive behaviors at school. While many aspects of managing student behavior in the classroom are challenging, chronic and severe aggressive behaviors are most difficult to manage. The aggressive student is often…

Citing the problems in California high schools since the passage of a stringent compulsory attendance law, the author presses his thesis that students over the age of 16 should not be forced to attend school. (Editor)

Article suggested ideas that might aid the teacher in assisting students to understand and acquire values, which will make students develop their own decision making abilities. (RK)

Examines the factor structure of the Dogmatism Scale Form E and gathers evidence pertaining to the questions of validity, multidimensional, and use of the DS as a summated rating scale--questions inherent in the Vacchiano (1967) and Penhazur (1971) studies. (Author)

In this study, fourteen teachers were trained to use a contingency management program emphasizing the reinforcement of appropriate conduct while minimizing attention to inappropriate conduct. Twelve of the fourteen experimental classrooms improved dramatically as a result of the program. (Author/NE)

This study is an examination of the environmental forces and curriculum involvement in open and closed classroom settings. (Author)

Article considered methods for developing effective discipline and presented strategies designed for implementing discipline policy by teachers. (RK)

Article analyzed the three most common approaches used by teachers to establish and maintain classroom discipline and considered what must be done to insure good behavior in the classroom. (RK)

Article focused on the potential school dropout and the implications of using punishment in school activities. (RK)

Discusses the effects on public and private colleges of legal drinking on campus, citing examples of schools that have successfully established rathskellers and pubs on campus. (PG)

The purpose of this study was to see if self-concept and school behavior of problem junior high school students could be changed by participation in a teacher helper program in an elementary school. Self-concept ratings of the experimental students significantly increased while control group members did not change. Neither group changed…