Examines how the British concept of natural justice and the American concept of due process have produced legal precedents that place new and extra-statutory requirements on administrative disciplinary actions that administrators must accommodate if students are to be given maximum legal fairness and equity. (Author/IRT)

The paper suggests guidelines for administrators to determine the use of punishment for retarded clients. (CL)

The author describes historical demography in terms of the major techniques used in the field. He assesses its importance and relationship to both demography and history as separate disciplines. (Author/AV)

The relationships between literacy, intellect, and university disciplines are explored through examples attempting to distinguish intellect from intelligence and the high-grade literacy of university disciplines from its commonplace counterpart. (MT)

This annotated bibliography of recent articles and books on academic rankings updates an article in the Spring 1986 "RQ." Items are listed by subject and ranking in general; individual guides; subject areas including accounting, advertising, biogeography, business, communications, data communications, economics, music, publishing,…

Cites incidents of assaults against teachers and offers some safe-school tips, a plan that helps cut crime, and advice to school executives to provide support and consolation to battered teachers. (MLF)

Inspired by an emotionally disturbed youngster impossible to discipline, one elementary school instituted a discipline policy providing humane and positive methods for managing most children's behavior. The primary goal is to alert children to wrongdoing using a ticketing system and to recognize good behavior through an honors policy. (MLH)

Describes a school discipline model with five stages (problem identification, data collection, administrator-student conference, student response, and follow-up reports) that addresses due process while efficiently resolving disciplinary problems, providing immediate feedback to students and teachers, minimizing classroom disruption, and promoting…

Describes a comprehensive behavior management system that provides a professional base for school programs and long-term teaching efforts to produce responsible citizens. Schools can help change society's discipline-punishment philosophy by establishing appropriate administrative structure and training goals stressing openness, honesty, sincerity,…

Reviews approaches and specialties of six big-name educational consultants: Lee Canter, Vic Cottrell, Fenwick English, Ivan Fitzwater, Madeline Hunter, and Marian Leibowitz. Discusses reasons for hiring consultants (including delivery of unpleasant messages) and cautions districts to seek local talent, match consultants and tasks, and support…

Although their goals may seem different, teachers and athletic coaches use the same approach to meet those goals. They can learn much from each other as they strive to bring out the best in students. (Author/MD)

Proposes scientific theory of the subject matter of library and information science and how it can be organized in terms of the function of documents and their basic use. A hierarchy of classes of documents is described including one, several, or all of the following: information, creativity, understanding, and explanation. (Author/EM)

Teachers cannot expect to promote personal growth and responsible self-development by the use of coercive or manipulative power in the classroom. The need for shifting responsibility for discipline to the students themselves is discussed. (MT)

The in-school suspension program used at the Blue Springs (Missouri) Junior High School is carefully structured to focus student attention or productive academic work. This article describes the program and lists several questions that must be considered by those seeking to develop an effective program. (PGD)