This report explores best practices of on- and off-campus disciplinary alternative programs in Texas. It is based on a study in which Texas' alternative-program practices were compared with best practices of alternative programs in the United States. Following a literature review of best alternative program practices, a survey was developed to…

Article discussed efforts to personalize tasks geared to the level of learning, as well as the to interests and needs of each pupil. (Author/RK)

Well-rounded educational programs for young children will foster attitudes and behaviors which will promote the attainment of the ultimate freedom which is attainable in society-the ability to discipline oneself. (Author)

By illustrating the variety of styles of educational pressures placed upon Soviet students, the author demonstrates the manner through which fellow students can constructively influence each other. (RK)

Proposes ways of coping with student misbehavior and teacher overreaction. (SP)

Tells why reformers are out to ban the ancient custom of corporal punishment in the schools. Suggests that school boards should scrutinize their policies on discipline now, before potential storms of controversy break out in their communities. (Author)

Considers the imbalance of responsibilities shared by faculty and students at a learning institution. (RK)

Discusses the legal limits of school officials' control over student behavior. (JF)

The author concludes from his discussion of due process that although the courts have begun to depart somewhat from the doctrine of judicial nonintervention in student discipline in higher education, they still seem to prefer that the Dean and the student settle the issue in the Dean's office in a manner fair to all concerned. (Author/BY)

Court decisions have reaffirmed the principal's authority to search lockers. (Author)

A study of New Jersey elementary schools revealed that the perceived authenticity of the principal's behavior was significantly related to the openness of the school's climate and to the humanism in the school's pupil-control orientation. Also, the more open the school's climate, the more humanistic the school's pupil-control orientation. (SB)