Studied the demographic characteristics of student offenders. Found that when offenders were examined with reference to a baseline group, there was no difference in offense rates among the undergraduate classes and divisions, but there were differences between the sexes and place of residence. (Author)

School-parent-student negotiations are plans in which the school can utilize negative reinforcers along with positive reinforcers. For schools to operate at optimum level, the method used to treat student problems must be balanced between negative and positive modes of treatment. (Author)

Documents the adverse impact of the Hitler Youth upon German education in the Third Reich through constant political activism, anti-intellectual attitudes, and denigration of the schools. (Author/DB)

What factors can influence a student's decision to go on to higher education? Does he always receive adequate guidance in making his choice of course and institution? (Editor)

This is a third and final paper on aspects of multiracial education, derived from data collected by the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales for the Department of Education and Science. (Author/RK)

A father describes his experiences with his son, a student at the Hyde School, Bath, Maine. He learns what his son feels about him and how he feels about himself as well as his son. He also pays tribute to the influence of the school in helping to develop his son's confidence. (RK)

Most handicaps go undetected until children become school age. To discover effective and efficient child find procedures, several variables must be examined: (1) population to be screened, (2) massive campaign vs. specific contact, (3) agency effort vs. community-based effort, and (4) referral mode vs. screening mode. (Author)

Great majority of literature about popular education in Victorian England offers little information about relationships in schools, education's role in the community, social structures and processes, controversies, changing ideas, and theoretical assumptions. (Author/ND)

The notion of a psychosocial ecosystem was presented. Highlights the importance of the social setting for the study of individual psychological functioning and personality development. Notes environmental variables which influence adolescent adjustment. (Editor/RK)

High school teachers at the Deer Park High School Art Department are trying to help students cope with one of youth's biggest problems--the future. Their development of a comprehensive career and college information program designed to help a student select a school and profession that will be personally rewarding is discussed. (Author/RK)

Assesses the contemporary relevance of the ideas of Edmond Holmes, the Chief Inspector at the Board of Education who in 1911 attacked the teaching methods he had witnessed during the previous thirty years. (Editor)

This study was designed to test hypotheses relating pupils' attitudes towards the school environment to their social groupings within the classroom. These relationships were examined in a survey of 804 fifth-grade children in ten coeducational schools. (Editor)

Vocational education students have been traditionally excluded from participating in nonvocational areas of their schools. A teacher initiated new programs to reduce prejudice against vocational education students, allowing them to participate fully in extracurricular activities and in the National Honor Society. (TA)

Suggests how school administrators can deal with irreverent, arrogant students, as well as with their parents and supportive faculty members. (JG)

Educators agree that vandalism and violence have become two of the most series problems confronting the nation's schools. Causes and possible solutions are examined. (RW)