Listed as the nation's leading chronic health condition among children, asthma afflicts 5.3 million youngsters. About 5 to 10 percent of school children have asthma. Asthma management must be aggressive, involving students, teachers, and parents. An individualized treatment plan for each asthmatic student is essential. (MLH)

Describes the importance of developing a school violence prevention and crisis response plan, explaining what an effective plan should include; how to establish a school-based team; essential components of a crisis response plan; how to ensure safety via contingency provisions to the crisis response plan; and how to handle the crisis aftermath. A…

In May 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court, in "Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education," held that school districts can be liable for damages under Title IX for failing to stop peer sexual harassment. The case involved school staff's disregard of a fifth-grader's alleged harassment by a male classmate. (MLH)

Reports of gross misconduct like plagiarism and the falsification and fabrication of data in the hallowed halls of academe and research laboratories are becoming increasingly common in the US. Researchers suggest that the higher education institutions need to become more involved than they have been on educating graduate students about ethical…

This article argues that the field of education and conflict is, in many ways, "stuck in its emergence" because it has yet to develop common theoretical understandings, useful analytical tools, and shared conceptual frameworks to unify and sustain a mutual endeavour by scholars working on a diverse range of topics and cases. In a…

Career education is a plan to adapt our educational system so that every child develops fully into a capacitating, participating, contributing, and fulfilled human being. Schools, in order to achieve these ends, must develop eight characteristics which are discussed in the article. (Author/BP)

These authors advocate guidelines for high school publications to avoid censorship on one hand and irresponsible journalism on the other. They discuss the large responsibilities involved and the necessary restrictions that exist. (Editor)

The growing chasm between society's complex problems and what the systems can do to help is driving reform in all sectors. Just as schools alone cannot compensate for the disadvantage created by troubled homes and communities, welfare and social agencies cannot hold out a hopeful future to clients lacking employment abilities. Comprehensive…

The purpose of this study was to determine if intervention initiated by school personnel could successfully reduce the tardiness rate in a selected junior high school. (Editor)

A survey of what young people know about U. S. political processes gives useful clues toward improving the social studies curriculum. (Editor) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Overview).

This paper argued that professional schools must adjust enrollments to meet public needs and must reorganize their curriculums in order to inculcate a broader sense of social responsibility on the part of the neophyte professionals and thereby assist in altering existing service models and delivery systems. (Editor/RK)

Article focused on the need for schools to teach students how to survive on a practical basis so that they can continue to satisfy the more elevated needs, such as security, love, self-esteem, and self-actualization. (Author/RK)

Encouraging schools to shoulder the responsibility of teaching personal ethics, these authors outline various teaching methods for the study of ethical questions. (Editor)

Results of a national survey of major and minor injuries and deaths in secondary and college sports are reported. The survey covered the following topics: (1) responsibility for health services; (2) participation in athletics; (3) injuries and deaths in athletics; (4) injuries by available health care; and (5) injury rates in athletics. Results of…

The US has witnessed an enormous federalization of protective devices in the field of criminal law and an expanded interpretation of the first 8 Bill of Rights provisions in recent years. Since the Supreme Court approaches college cases and criminal law cases in the same manner, it is important to know what is happening to the shape of the law. At…