The education of low-income urban students, particularly Afro-Americans, has been the subject of much debate in recent years. The purpose of this study was to determine the major educational concerns of a group of twenty-five low-income black parents in the Cobbs Creek area of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More than 50% of the parents agreed…

Accelerated social change in the last decade has placed many demands on school social workers. This document is addressed to these workers and provides an integrated view of past achievements and current directions in their field of practice. The multiple and sometimes contradictory functions of the public schools are discussed, as well as some…

The School Safety Committee is concerned with the obligations of schools to educate all children in an environment of moral responsibility and physical safety that will enable each child to realize the promise of America, that is, human rights, dignity, equality, and justice. The problem of school safety will be aggravated by the nation's economic…

A contemporary theory of behavior is that faulty patterns of thinking divide the criminal from the noncriminal. The causation of school violence is children choosing to be violent; and the problem of school violence is acceptance of their choice. Short-term control measures are adherence to systematic school rules, use of technology, security…

THE PURPOSE WAS TO GATHER RESOURCE MATERIAL AND PRODUCE CURRICULUM MATERIALS DEALING WITH EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS IN DEPRESSED AREAS. OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE IN FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FOUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF HARLEM. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL. ANOTHER STUDY WAS MADE OF THE EXPERIENCES…

The Academics Plus Program, which stresses basic skills, discipline and dress codes, homework assignments, promotion requirements, and special parent conferences, served more than 10,000 students in 29 elementary and middle/junior high schools in 1979-1980. There is a single-school model (Fitler) and a multi-school model (28 other schools). A…

This manual outlines a process of establishing a student discipline program that can be tailor-made to specific schools or districts. The first chapter describes two basic considerations that must serve as the foundation for any discipline program--public expectations and legal requirements. The first part of this chapter explores sources of…

The 12 journal articles and documents annotated in this bibliography cover different aspects of classroom discipline and management. The sources cover topics such as the use of behavioral extinction and contingency management in classroom discipline, the student teacher relationship, discipline in big city schools, faculty training to improve…

A discussion of the political aspects of administrative decision-making concerns the sanctioning or prohibiting of corporal punishment in schools in general and the action taken when teachers who use corporal punishment come under attack. The data, derived from the author's participant observation in the Detroit Public Schools, indicate that (1)…

This booklet is a condensation of a presentation by an official of the State Department of Public Instruction to a group of teachers attending a workshop on human relations. The discussion centers on the natural barriers such as age, race, and socioeconomic status that hinder successful student-teacher interaction and may contribute to student…

In Goss v. Lopez and Wood v. Strickland, the U.S. Supreme Court spelled out what due process means as it applies to suspension and expulsion of public school students. In Goss v. Lopez, the Court decided that a student who is suspended for up to ten days without a hearing is entitled to due process of law: "students . . . must be given some…

The report by the Task Force on Children Out of School describes practices and procedures of exclusion which prohibit a minimum of 4,000 school age children from attending the Boston public schools. Children who are culturally different, physically different (both handicapped and pregnant), mentally handicapped, and emotionally disturbed are…

This study was part of a larger Head Start research project. The parents (251 women and 185 men) of Head Start children were asked whether or not they would punish their children for certain behavior; for example, lying, stealing, or hitting a sister. Eighteen situations were hypothesized in the questions. Parents were also asked how severe such…

This study is concerned with the initial testing of a questionnaire designed to examine student discipline policies in terms of student perception of goals and objectives, scope, procedures, and sanctions. "Institutional Procedures in Colleges and Universities" (IPCU), the questionnaire, containing 45 items, was sent to students and deans at 5…

This handbook suggests for students the greatest amount of freedom allowable under law that is commensurate with adult responsibility for student health, safety, and welfare. The text presents a broad spectrum of student rights and responsibilities as well as questions that are often raised by student groups. An essential aspect of these…