Summarizes the pilot stage of a project that investigated the child-school incorporation process in Great Britain by using action based methodology, and specifically examining four-year-old children in reception classrooms. States that children's adjustment to school is a dynamic process involving considerable stress and argues that policy and…

The scope and incidence of school-based aggression, specifically physical and verbal assault, are noted. Interventions discussed include: contingency management (reinforcement, ignoring, response cost, timeout, peer procedures, and aversive consequences) and self-management procedures (social skills training, problem-solving training, and…

Discusses student retention as an institution-wide responsibility. Says enrollment maintenance requires three ingredients: (1) satisfied students and alumni, (2) caring teachers and staff, and (3) concerned, aware administrators. (CH)

University administrators frequently fail to acknowledge the different experience of Black students, and typical college environments do not encourage the Black student's sense of dignity. Often isolated, Black students face a dilemma in deciding between group- and self-identity, and frequently disparage the value of the counseling systems…

A speaker invited to give a university lecture is not merely exercising his or her rights of free speech but comes under the protections of academic freedom, the freedom to teach and to learn and not just to speak. The problem of student heckling of invited speakers is discussed. (MLW)

The burden of managing a secondary school is unequally distributed when staff and students perceive one administrator to be consistently difficult to deal with. This problem can be avoided with the "Gray Hat" strategy, in which administrators alternate in yielding and nonyielding roles. (KH)

Presents profiles of eight Massachusetts magnet schools: Nathan Hale (Boston); Burncoat Preparatory (Worcester); Rafael Hernandez (Boston); Mill Swan Communications Skill Center (Worcester); Sumner Avenue (Springfield); Arts (Lowell); Graham and Parks Alternative (Cambridge); and City (Lowell). Each profile includes information on school size and…

This article discusses factors of stress that adolescent students encounter both in and out of school and uses an empirical investigation to point out the adolescent's own subjective perception of these factors. (DF)

Describes cultural factors negatively affecting black students' abilities to achieve success in school according to prevailing standards, and suggests using the differences between black culture and "school culture" positively to develop new means of educating black students that will enhance the students' chances of success. (PGD)

Principals can take many steps to improve students' self-esteem. A recent case study of four schools disclosed that self-esteem among students can be increased by improving communication with students and faculty, encouraging student participation in music and drama, emphasizing positive relationships between athletic coaches and players, and…

In the "New Jersey vs. T.L.O." decision the Supreme Court clarified the law concerning student searches. Reviews two recent California cases illustrating how courts are interpreting the Supreme Court decision in a way that upholds reasonable student searches. (MD)

Authors argued that changes in high-school characteristics like teacher experience, class size, and social composition are unlikely to change high-school effectiveness, and that holding schools accountable for one outcome is unlikely to guarantee effectiveness on another. (Editor/RK)

This paper is based on the premise that one major reason for adolescent pupil dissatisfaction in our schools is the neglect of moral and social education as an essential ingredient of all genuine education. A model is presented to demonstrate the importance of three aspects of the learning situation. (Editor/RK)

With a spirit that comes from seeing people help themselves, the Community College of Vermont needs no campus, full-time faculty, or football team. (Editor)

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is an absolute prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex. Some of its specifications which are of general interest are discussed. (Author/RK)