Discusses some of the ways students' behavior problems may be related to their peer group, home life, or physical problems, and offers guidelines for school administrators to follow in dealing with chronic disciplinary problem pupils. (JG)

Uses data from ethnographic study in two Quechua-speaking communities of Puno, Peru, to explore schooltime spent in other-than-academic endeavors. Documents uses to which schooltime is put in these communities, and then seeks to account for observed uses of time in terms of ethnographically derived insights as to social, cultural, economic, and…

Schools can play a critical role in the lives of teenage parents. Educational counseling has encouraged some teenage mothers to finish high school. The success of this intervention depends on the teenager's former relationship with the educational system. Many schools make no effort to address the needs of this population. (VM)

Describes how Sudbury Valley School (Framingham, Massachusetts) teaches concepts such as formation of just laws and law enforcement through School Meeting, modeled on New England town meetings, at which every student and teacher has one vote. Discusses how students make and enforce all rules governing behavior. (NEC)

Everything that educators have learned aabout individual differences and learning styles as they relate to pacing is negated by tests that disregard such evidence. Unless they are improved, competency tests are likely to seriously damage the educational process. (CJH)

Presents seven scenarios of varying degrees of severity regarding ethical lapses by students outside of the classroom, with responses. (JK)

Students should be involved in the evaluation processes of making decisions, designing questionnaires, collecting data, and generating conclusions. During the 1986-87 school year, 26 student evaluators from grades four to nine worked on the evaluation of a dropout prevention program in which they were involved. Students, teachers, and…

Describes a study which determined that the photographs of school taken by Black and White adolescents reflected previous findings that socialization causes Blacks to focus on people stimuli while Whites learn to focus on objects. Analysis of the photographs revealed significant race differences in choice of content and found that Black students…

Both teachers and parents are involved in a helping relationship with gifted students. Guidance in the school setting should provide students with the skills necessary for emotional, social, and vocational fulfillment. Parents must provide support by learning as much as they can about gifted education and participating in school programs. (CB)

Presents data on Yoruba undergraduates' attitudes towards their traditional culture and the Western culture institutionalized at a Nigerian university. In general, the students are ambivalent towards both cultures--they adopt customs and values of both cultures, but not in any particular pattern. The students are caught up in the upheaval of a…

Describes an innovative academic assistance program that provides tutoring services for high school students functioning below grade level. Students are referred to a Learning Center, where professional staff and assistants help them define their problems, make a general improvement plan, and gain self-confidence in a caring environment. (MLH)

Explores student and teacher behavior in writing instruction as the "underlife" (behaviors that undercut the roles expected of participants in a situation) of the current educational system. Suggests that the identities students develop in writing classrooms are more conducive to academic success than the traditional identity of the…

Argues that "good teaching" must be assessed within the context of a particular school. Analyzes the attractiveness of Catholic schools, even for non-Catholics, as a result of their emphasis on values. Asserts that a school's effectiveness results from the integrated functioning of personal, family, religious, and group values. (KH)

The social role of schooling is to equip students with the tools that will enable them to control their own destiny. How this role can be attained is explored through discussion of the current social role of schooling, our conception of democracy, and recent criticism of public schooling. (DF)

Consists of 20 authors' recollection of English teachers who were most influential in their lives. Authors include Allen Ginsberg, Steve Katz; David Madden, David Unger, and Anne Waldman. (DF)