This study reports the opinions and attitudes of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a school of social work that was in the process of "showing cause" for retaining its accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education. A crisis theory model was used to analyze student reactions. (Author)

Public Law 94-142 requires, in part, that an individualized educational program for each handicapped child be prepared in a joint conference involving, at the very least, a parent, a teacher, and an administrator. (PHR)

Suggests that peer groups are a very important component of normal and successful classrooms. They matter to the educational system because they matter to children. The attitudes that children hold about their schools and about work are affected by their peer group relationships, which in turn affect the whole organization of the class. (Author/RK)

A first-person account of what it's like to be a learning disabled child in the regular classroom. (Editor)

A craftsman's skill develops out of interaction between the making of a thing and the observation of that thing as it takes form. The author discusses the influence of the school policy on craftsmanship and what is needed to produce student craftsmen. (Author/RK)

Discusses the differences that girls have from boys in the perception of their school situation. Looks at their attitudes toward teachers, the school, their classmates, academic interests, and discipline policy. (RK)

Radical educational critics, such as Edgar Friedenberg, Paul Goodman, A. S. Neill, John Holt, Jonathan Kozol, Herbert Kohl, James Herndon, and Ivan Illich, have few constructive goals, no strategy for broad change, and a disdain for modernization and compromise. Additionally, these critics, says the author, fail to consider social factors related…

How fair and effective are the ways in which adults try to settle disputes between school students? A teacher proposes a new kind of arbitration in which students themselves would play a major role. (Editor)

"The real crisis in our schools is in attitudes, social relationships, and our concern for each other. Considers the use of discipline in schools and an "interpretation of the fair administration of discipline". (Editor/RK)

Based on the experiences of hundreds of families who have mainstreamed their hearing-impaired children in the last decade, the effects of P.L. 94-142 are described. Stressed is the parent's role as case manager in providing both broad direction and day-to-day monitoring. Suggestions for preparing for mainstreaming are given. (Author/VW)

Low income parents were interviewed regarding their perceptions and feelings regarding class differences in the schools. Most parents felt that schools favor students of higher socioeconomic status. Though they showed interest and concern in their children's education, these parents felt powerless to alter the inequalities they perceived. (GC)

Recent research findings relating to time-on-task have had little effect on school practice. One cause was reducing the findings to an oversimplified statement that equated more time with more learning. Offers ways that schools can increase time-on-task. (CJH)

Discusses the court rulings that form the basis for press freedom of public school student newspapers. Touches on the role of a free press in high schools, and explores the clear restrictions that do apply to students' freedom of expression. (HTH)

Describes several student-centered programs successfully implemented at the middle school level. These programs are aimed at motivating students, offering positive alternatives to detention, welcoming new students, licensing students to operate school computers, establishing a homework crisis hotline, enhancing reading, and providing variety in…