After taking a brief look at the census data from the 1971 population study of Canada, the author discussed the system-wide objective of the Saskatoon Public Schools in developing pride in racial origin and heritage in order that young Canadians might learn respect for themselves and for others. (Author/RK)

The relationship between students and colleges and universities was evaluated with regard to student rights versus the power of the educational institution. Court cases having applicability examined grades, course credits, granting of degrees, cheating and plagiarism, and miscellaneous cases. (Author/RK)

Discusses the relationship of the school to Spanish-surnamed students. Reviews literature on self-concept, academic achievement, skin color, language, socioeconomic status, and cultural traits of Spanish-speaking Americans. (JMB)

The causes of vandalism are communitywide in nature, and only by marshalling the resources in the community can vandalism be overcome. (Author/MLF)

Compares the principal to an engineer in the boiler room and presents some ways principals, by using public relations, can deal with pressures from students, parents, and faculty. (Author/MLF)

The intent here was to collect data relevant to evaluating the post-primary educational system as a whole. This includes assessing what the goals of post-primary education should be, obtaining teachers' and pupils' subjective assessments of whether these goals were being attained, and asking why the goals were not being better attained. (Author/RK)

Investigates whether differences exist between the self-esteem of the adolescent with learning disabilities and normally achieving adolescents, the dimensions of self concept in which these differences occur, and the relationship between self concept and the number of years in the special classroom for the adolescent with learning disabilities.…

This paper reports a case study of the psychological correlates of students' adjustment to a small urban free school. Forty male and thirty female students voluntarily answered the New Morning Student Questionnaire and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Results showed that students were psychologically well adjusted. (Author)

Considers the nature of the larger corporate society and the school's subordination to it, that before there is educational change, there must be social change, and that schools, by design, will continue to encourage alienation in the larger societal structure while perpetuating the status quo. (Author/RK)

The staff of Adams High School (a private educational facility in New York City for adolescents with learning disabilities) describes its population as "students with a learning disability". Discusses the school's educational program, the principles upon which it is based, and the contributions of the school psychologist, the teaching…

While schools have measured student performance in various environments, rarely have they evaluated the specific environments as they relate to non-cognitive aspects of schools. A study of this type was done at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Illinois to evaluate the effects of a change in utilization of physical school facilities based on…

Offers a systematic review of various attempts to reach beyond the individual student to account for school behavior problems. Concentrates on family background, peer group influence, teaching quality, the school system, and society-in-general. (Author/RK)

Theory pertaining to human development suggests that, as students advance through the secondary-school grades, the learning structures should become less restrictive. This research examines the extent to which "structure" within the secondary school environments changes in accordance with growth in students from year 8 to year 12. (Editor/RK)

This article takes a critical look at a growing phenomenon: special units in secondary schools. These units, a compromise of political, social, and educational objectives, are designed to assist disruptive students hindered by the traditional school curriculum. (Editor/RK)

The environmental design educator's role is to define the reality of survival in the 21st century, the knowledge of survival techniques, and what the student should learn from and about aesthetics of the environment. This necessitates a new philosophy for art education, which is the focus of this article. (Author/RK)