This monograph presents three papers which examine policy questions and the conflict inherent in safeguarding individual rights to privacy and the management of pupil records. The first paper discusses the Russell Sage Document that outlines guidelines for the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of pupil records. To reduce the legal…

After a full year of operation, many questions have been asked about Empire State College (ESC) concerning the type of students who seek such an institution and how these students handle the major responsibility of planning and carrying out their studies. A group of 10 graduates were selected from the 30 graduated in fall 1972 for lengthy…

A questionnaire, "How Students Perceive Their School," was completed by 4,694 students, chosen at random, in grades 11, 12, and 13 of the Senior Secondary Schools in North York. The questionnaire was comprised of 39 closed-ended questions, excluding grade and sex, and 9 open-ended queries on which students were asked to comment if they…

A technical report, summarized in this document, examined the findings of a questionnaire survey conducted in Spring 1970 of a sample of students and teachers in two school systems in the Middle Atlantic states. The study attempted to define and categorize the existing and possible kinds of student participation in high school decisions; to…

This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program focuses on the topic of violence and vandalism in schools. In separate segments of the program, Willard McGuire, vice-president of the National Education Association, comments on the seriousness of…

A rationale for understanding the importance of the self-concept and how schools work toward its retardation is presented. Illustrations and suggestions for improving this situation are provided. (Editor)

A growing conflict between two fundamental American values, meritocracy and egalitarianism, is at the heart of a major upheaval in our social system. Author investigated the part that open education may play in this conflict if it is implemented on a large scale. (Author/RK)

The call for a return to corporal punishment grows out of frustration. Students are more defiant now and authority figures are weaker and shaken. It is tempting to strike out in anger, but corporal punishment is not, and never has been, a real solution. (Author/SJL)

Readers are invited, in this article, to test their abilities in diagnosing the learning difficulties of a junior high school student and prescribing the right kind of instructional program for the student. (Author/MLF)

Principals' efforts to ensure that students develop a positive attitude toward their school may be organized into four areas: developing a school climate conducive to learning; providing for students' individual success; facilitating positive communication; and having a multifaceted approach to discipline. (Author/MLF)

There are three important conditions for developing and maintaining a positive climate for learning: (1) teacher risk-taking; (2) a climate for improved student attitudes; (3) personalizing learning. Staff development is crucial to success with these three conditions; also discusses three suggestions through which the school administrator can…

Author visits a school which, after ten years as a comprehensive, can boast academic results comparable to the grammar school formerly on the same site. (Editor)

A transition to middle school is effectively accomplished when it is understood that it is a unique and distinct educational institution appropriate for youngsters who are at the onset of adolescence, i.e., having objectives different from high school, elementary, or even junior high school. (Author/RK)

The research findings of most studies on student behavior problems have shown that these behaviors can be reduced to four major clusters of interrelated characteristics--conduct disorder, personality disorder, inadequacy-immaturity and socialized delinquency. Discusses these behaviors and some research on behavior change. (Author/RK)