Young black girls are an ignored and invisible population. One of the great problems involved in documenting the early experience of black girls in the school is that they have not been the focus of social science research. There is no mention in the literature of the special identity and experience of black girls in schools. Two sources of data…

This study examines what teachers do in classrooms and what their behavior says to students. Four fourth-grade self-contained classrooms in two schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico formed the sample group. Intensive classroom observation was employed over a ten-month period. At least half the observation time involved the researcher's presence in…

This publication briefly discusses the legal status of various methods of school discipline and related efforts to control the behavior of elementary and secondary school students. Specific topics examined include corporal punishment, suspension, expulsion, exclusion from extracurricular activities, detention, truancy, verbal correction, a variety…

This paper examines the growing problem of high school absenteeism and presents data gathered in a study of student attendance in a large Connecticut high school. Included are graphs displaying schoolwide patterns of absenteeism and a number of statistical tables containing attendance data related to such factors as student age, class, sex, race,…

This collection of nine papers by six different authors is directed toward developing a concept of the principalship. Topics analyzed include general functions of the principal, the organization in which he works, formulation of objectives, and the relationship of the principal to his staff, students, superintendent, and school board. (LLR)

This report describes the significant progress made toward improvement of the administrative internship program at the University of Pittsburgh during the 1968-69 school term. The report includes guidelines and policy statements, a model internship program, and narratives of school districts affiliated with the program. Appended are descriptions…

Since publication of the Coleman Report, the belief has become increasingly pervasive that formal education does not or cannot make a difference in what a student learns--that patterns of academic performance are immutably molded by social and economic conditions outside the school. The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive review…

This paper highlights the expressed educational attitudes and learning orientations of students who participated in a recent eight-college pilot study (total N = 4279). The Student Orientations Survey (S.O.S.), a ten-scale inventory developed by R.M. Gray and this writer, was used in this project in order to assess student's attitudes towards…

The purposes of this three-year federally funded program were twofold: first, to identify and establish a curriculum and program design which would build on the strengths of the young male child while it sought to help him overcome his weaknesses; and second, to attempt to discover or identify those teacher behaviors that produce the best results…

The evaluation of the first year of the ESEA Title III Reorganized Junior High Program at Jordan and Marshall University Junior High Schools is reported. The product objectives of the program were: (1) increased counselor effectiveness, (2) positive student attitude towards teachers, counselors, and school, and (3) increased parent and student…

A survey of 612 principals in six states demonstrated that student newspapers are a vital force in high school life. On the basis of this survey, from which tabular statistics are presented in this document, the following conclusions are justified: (1) High school students should study mass media as well as literature; (2) Students and teachers…

This document incorporates questionnaire results of a national study sample drawn from the million high school juniors and seniors who had taken the ACT battery during 1969-70. Students responded to more than 100 multiple-choice items and to one open-end question each on student protest, parents, and schools and teachers. This volume records…

This study found indications of high percentages of dropouts among Chicago Puerto Ricans; their educational problems seemed similar to those of other Spanish-speaking pupils in the urban situation. The dropout count carried out revealed a rate of 71.2 percent for Puerto Rican pupils who had received a substantial portion of their education in the…

The purpose of this study was to analyze high school yearbooks, relative to quantitative page allotments, when classified by the size of the community, the type of socioeconomic environment of the school, and the size of the graduating class. A normative survey was conducted using a questionnaire requesting the respondent to furnish a copy of the…

This book is the third in a series of monographs documenting the Youth in Transition project, a longitudinal study of young men conducted by the Survey Research Center under the primary sponsorship of the United States Office of Education. Some major issues in the study of dropouts and the research design are presented. Other chapters deal with…