During the school year 1969-1970 Quincy Public Schools in Massachusetts, a community of 90,000 adjacent to Boston, conducted an intensive investigation of all students leaving school for reasons other than transfer to another educational institution and death. Interviews with these students, their parents and an exhaustive analysis of school…

The goal of civic education, as discussed in this paper, is responsible political activism. Although the word activism tends to conjure a negative image of a revolutionary student body for some, the term is used here to express active participation in the decision making process, respect for others' opinions, and upholding one's beliefs. In this…

This report provides board policy samples and other policy resources on student discipline. The intent in providing policy samples is to encourage thinking in policy terms and to provide working papers that can be edited, modified, or adapted to meet local requirements. Topics covered in the samples include corporal punishment, student safety,…

This document is the first of three reports designed to provide information on the student at Stony Brook. The academic and nonacademic student life at Stony Brook is discussed in relationship to the entering students; academic life; the social and psychological dimensions; the residences; the services and peer helping; women undergraduates;…

This paper describes the setting and history of campus unrest in one California school district which led to the evolution of a new program of interventions. In the period since its introduction, unrest has been settled with a minimum of school disruption and a growing spirit of cooperation and understanding among students, parents, and school…

Contained within this document are the proceedings of the 1970 annual Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education. The major theme was that of refocusing on the role of higher education in the 1970's. Major addresses presented at the conference dealt with program planning and budgeting systems in higher education; program and facilities;…

This paper focuses on various settings in an intermediate school--the library, the gym, art class, and the homeroom--described from the point of view of a participant observer. It reports the results of a year-long study conducted at Longbranch, an experimental school associated with the Learning Research and Development Center at the University…

Reflects on the changing attitudes of teachers to West Indian pupils. (Editor)

Describes the traditional view of the relationship between student and school, documents the cultural tensions and shifts evident in several key Supreme Court decisions, and assesses the effect of these decisions on the present legal status of the student and the authority of the school regarding student behavior. (Author/RK)

Compares the large school district with the small school district in terms of educational costs, student achievement and educational administration. (RK)

Examines the hypothesis that academic school matters were the central concern of girls at school and shaped their feelings about school in general. Results show that the student-centered culture of the classroom was the central concern of girls in school and shaped their orientations toward other school matters. (Author/RK)

The importance of students' views of the kind of work for which they are destined, or to which they aspire, may help to explain their dissatisfaction with school. Students' attitudes and behavior--arising from the social structural characteristics of the secondary school system--raise the question of the appropriateness of applying the Marxian…

States that it is possible and desirable to grant academic freedom to students and considers four possible criticisms that might be associated with giving students the responsibility for determining their own school activities. (Author/RK)

Explores the legal implications of inschool suspension practices through consideration of individual versus institutional rights within a punitive-rehabilitative setting. Discusses the applicability of the prison hospital model to schools and argues that future legal action may challenge the viability of inschool suspension practices. (Author/JG)

Describes life in a European School, specifically in Uccle, a suburb of Brussels. (RK)