The United States Supreme Court in Goss v. Lopez has established new parameters within which the disciplinarians and the disciplined may operate. Discusses the basis for the decision and examines the comments of the dissenting justices in the Court's tenuous 5 to 4 verdict. (Author/RK)

A nationwide survey was undertaken to obtain copies of written policies outlining the responses made by school districts to vandalism and violence. Lists fourteen of the most used items appearing in the school district policies and elaborates on two areas needing more development. (Author/RK)

Criticizes pastoral care systems which provoke hostility, or at best apathy, among the very students they are designed to help. (Editor)

Finds that many parents prefer to remain aloof from their children's secondary schooling. (Editor)

A systematic presentation is given of the theories of justification normally applied to paternalistic acts: (1) pseudo-paternalism, (2) consequentialism, and (3) consent-based theories. The validity of four common arguments for educational paternalism is discussed: education is necessary, children are ignorant, children are unable to choose, and…

At Gainfield Elementary School, Southbury, Connecticut the principal emphasizes professional development for the entire teaching staff. Teachers have ownership of the curriculum and the teaching process. Imaginative programs welcome preschoolers prior to kindergarten and prepare fifth graders for their move to junior high school. (MT)

Principals of effective schools are catalysts who combine the elements of instruction, planning, and evaluation and bond them into a program that expects success through a businesslike learning climate. The principal evidences commitment to academics by providing continuous and visible support for student and teacher achievement. (MT)

Describes the first year of a program conducted by two Oregon institutions of higher education that "warranty" their teacher education graduates. The program provides support to graduates and their employers, encourages collaboration between the teacher education program and local schools, makes the teacher education faculty accountable,…

Measures taken by a Catholic high school decreased both vandalism occurring during school hours and vandalism occurring when the school was unoccupied. Among tactics used were increased monitoring by teachers, greater emphasis on the value of respect for others and for property, and installation of an extensive alarm system. (MJL)

Outlines legal perspectives and operating procedures for developing university policies to deal with students who exhibit mental and emotional disturbances. Procedures involving appropriate off-campus resources are needed. (JAC)

Describes a program of student scholarship and conduct recognition developed by a middle school in Arkansas. (FL)

Argues that (1) secondary school students can and should be involved in educational decision making, (2) the educational advantages of this involvement outweigh the disadvantages, and (3) the secondary school, as a social organization, provides a propitious setting in which to train students in the decision-making process. (FL)

A traditional, authoritarian approach to attendance problems can't work in today's school, this writer believes. He explains a successful attendance program needs to be based on positive reinforcement--making each student feel involved in his own education. The plan described here is flexible enough to satisfy those parents who prefer the…

A former Idaho teacher, counselor, and guidance director examines the positive side of education in the United States. (Editor/RK)

Symposium One gave students an excellent opportunity to join in lively seminars with individuals representing a diversity of career patterns, ages, life styles and vocational choices. In this way students became more critical, more autonomous, and more adult. (Author/RK)