The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education is providing the information in this pamphlet to explain the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities who are preparing to attend postsecondary schools. This pamphlet also explains the obligations of a postsecondary school to provide academic adjustments,…

This paper describes a philosophy and framework for classroom management and school discipline which represents a citizenship approach, based on the Bill of Rights, that teaches students about their rights and responsibilities for living and learning in a democratic society. The Judicious Discipline framework outlined in the paper could work well…

This study investigated children's participation rights in two secondary and two primary schools in England, focusing on the child's right to express views freely in all matters affecting him or her, as indicated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Participating were students and staff at two primary and two…

Article considered how to help children become truly involved in planning their own educational program, in assessing their own progress, and making intelligent decisions about things that affect them. (Author/RK)

Students represent a great untapped source of assistance in the management of the educational system. The returns in student motivation, student responsibility, and pertinent suggestions for program improvement may make student committees worth operation. The Central Kentucky Vocational Educational Evaluation Project (VEEP) reports on a sub-study…

After describing performance contracting as exemplified of the system in operation at a Gary, Indiana elementary school, the authors give the implications of such systems for counselors. To them, this approach seems to neglect the psycho-social aspects of students' education. They therefore recommend that counselors conduct research to evaluate…

Describes Pope John Central High School in Elgin, Nebraska, one of the most innovative secondary schools in the state. (CB)

The college, public or private, contains two separate realms. The public realm is the sphere of life bearing on the values sought by the college, and the private realm is that not bearing on those values. The scope of these realms is determined by the college's implicit and explicit purposes. (MSE)

Health contracting is a useful structure to guide and facilitate lifestyle and behavior changes and to promote self-control and responsibility. An investigation of college students' attempts to change health behaviors through contracting is reported. Health instruction and contracts appear to affect, and to have some lasting effects on, students'…

An elementary school was used in a case study for a directed room program in order to exemplify an individualized, self-guiding curriculum with a hierarchy of instructional objectives. The individualized curriculum was designed to shift the responsibility for learning from the teacher to the student. (JN)

In a teacher workshop on classroom management, the problem of discipline and the importance of students becoming more responsible were stressed. There was shown to be a strong interdependence between the process of teacher self-assessment and the development of the students' self-concept. (JN)

Five principals and one vice-principal describe law-related education courses and student advisory councils in their schools and explain why they are valuable. (JM)

Working from a model of the experiential learning process, some pragmatic concerns for program design are presented. An extensive model for conducting internships is described, emphasizing ways in which learning from the internship experience can be facilitated. (Author/MLW)

Discusses factors to be considered by community colleges in building continuing education programs that enhance the job satisfaction of workers. These factors include job satisfaction influences, effective education of adult learners, learner and teacher responsibility, alternative instruction format, recognizing job values, and obstacles to adult…

This article describes a discipline program for urban elementary school students. The program is based on several theories of moral development and it emphasizes the importance of the social context of the school environment. (Author/EB)