This paper describes findings of research that explored the meanings and experiences of high school students in a Business Technology and Communications magnet high school located in a large, urban school district (Georgia) that has been under court-ordered desegregation since 1985. Data were obtained through classroom observations, focus-group…

Hallways, playgrounds, and hangouts hold a wealth of joys and risks that cannot be naturally separated. They are not places to go without some idea of what an individual is getting into, the impact it can have, and how to act once there. To help school counselors navigate these areas, the counselor's role outside the walls of the counseling office…

This fastback document examines student absenteeism and offers advice on what schools can do to improve attendance. It looks at truancy, absenteeism, and tardiness and how, since the first days of compulsory education, educators have had to deal with these obstacles to education. Since the 1970s absenteeism has been identified by many educators as…

This fastback document presents the results of an opinion survey of middle-school students, parents, and teachers in South Carolina. Because no surveys in the literature had combined responses from these three groups, researchers asked 4,940 students, 735 teachers, and 2,576 parents about their attitudes toward school, students, and teachers. The…

This report details the results of the 2001 Yearly Evaluation of Services by Students Survey (YESS) from Howard Community College (HCC) (Maryland). The survey is given to randomly chosen class sections each spring. The number of students chosen to participate in the 2001 survey was 1,994, and the response rate was 38% (766 students). Ratings on…

This manual presents guidance for creating a constructive dialogue between school officials and the surrounding community on the design of community schools that contribute to enhancing educational quality. The benefits of community participation are addressed as are descriptions of the principle parts of the participation process, including…

This study examined the relationship between school connectedness and academic achievement using structural equation modeling. Results for 1,758 seventh graders from a midwestern urban school system indicate that school-initiated connectedness has an indirect effect on student achievement through student peers desire to be connected to each other…

A case study explores the importance of the educational setting and its affect on student learning, performance, attitude, and behavior. The study focuses on the facilities planner's perspective and raises important questions needing further study. Among the study's findings are the importance of timing in a school district's renovation projects,…

This monograph addresses issues and programs to meet the specific needs of college sophomores. The first chapter, authored by the volume's editors, introduces the following papers and is titled, "What Is the Sophomore Slump and Why Should We Care?" The next eight chapters are: (1) "Meeting the Challenges of the Sophomore Year"…

The writer's intention is to sketch out a general statement about an approach to rearranging within secondary schools. (Author/RK)

Describes the problems and procedures one school district has in communicating to the public and its need to find a system to gather and disseminate information about the school so that knowledgeable choices can be made regarding a proposed voucher plan. (Author/DN)

Discusses how the minority school administrator should go about defining his role in the social and power structure of an integrated school, emphasizing that if he defines his role as that of minority expert'' then he is assigning himself a very peripheral position with respect to decision-making. (JM)

Discusses the educational mood after the student strikes of March 1968. (DD)

Discusses the problems students and institutions have in aligning their needs and the solutions for those needs. (RK)

In this article the School (representing all levels) speaks out on its problems. A contrast of views is developed between the School and Joe, a typical American male of 47 years, alumnus, taxpayer, voter and community policy maker. (Editor/MB)