Since the learning from it is mainly unconscious, the hidden curriculum is morally suspect as a violation of pupils' basic rights to decide what they wish to study and to be aware of the forces influencing them. It is the school's task to raise the hidden curriculum into pupils' consciousness. (Author/SJL)

During the last two decades the relationship between higher educational institutions and the courts has changed dramatically. The right of campus groups to assemble and to be given official institutional recognition is one particularly important area. A survey of the case law and pertinent judicial guidelines is presented. (Author)

Uses the story of one student to examine the role and responsibility of the school in helping violent students. (IRT)

The concept of institutional transference--both negative and positive--is reviewed, and a description of how it appears within the university setting is described. The dynamics of this phenomenon are discussed along with guidelines for dealing with students in whom it becomes manifest. (JMF)

Discusses parental interaction with schools and their children and gives an opinion on what she would say to children, schools, and teachers, if she had youngsters about to start their education. (RK)

Buchser High School in Santa Clara initiated its Principal's Advisory Council comprised totally of students. Describes the Advisory Council's functions, the problems it attempts to solve, and evaluates its development. (Author/RK)

An attempt was made to ascertain some of the main differences in attitudes towards school between offenders and non-offenders, specifically school-oriented pupils, nonchalant pupils and anti-school pupils attending comprehensive schools in high delinquency areas. (Author/RK)

In the last of a series of articles by chief education officers, the author argues that schools must prepare pupils for a world very different from our own. (Editor/RK)

Argues that schools and teachers need to change in order to help students change. (JG)

Gives us the perspective of school administrators who must develop policy and procedure in accordance with law, other codes, and educational concerns that protect the welfare of children. (Editor/RK)

Argues that the middle school years are the most critical period for the individual to synthesize a rational, positive, personal value system and offers psychological insights that have implications for school organization, curriculum design, and staff preparation. (Author/JG)

Low principal-student interaction was correlated with positive teacher attitudes and high student achievement in this study involving nearly 7,000 students in 45 schools. (MM)

Examines factors in adolescence that affect the probability of violent behavior at age 18 among youths who received high teacher ratings of aggression at age 10. Study found a lower probability of violence was associated with religious services attendance, good family management by parents, and bonding to school. Implications of these findings for…