No one sector has the right to abdicate its responsibilities in educating children. Schools should focus on the educative tasks that are rightfully theirs. Structures and curricula should be overhauled, and teachers need to understand how culture and ethnicity influence academic and social behavior. (SK)

Schools and school personnel have moral and ethical responsibilities to take reasonable action to prevent suicides by students. Liability could be imposed if school personnel had knowledge of a student's suicidal intent and failed to take action based on that knowledge. (75 footnotes) (MLF)

Defines school bullying and discusses the history of the interest and research in this area. Reviews the findings regarding the nature of bullying and school-based interventions. (JPB)

Helps school personnel become more proactive in identifying the educational implications of students' chronic illness, clarifying the definitions of relevant terms and estimating the size of the population. The potential impact of common disease processes, treatments, and medications are reviewed; risks of chronic absenteeism are noted; and…

Since genetics is about biological development and diversity, it is related to contentious social issues (like racism) and already permeates the K-12 curriculum. Staff who educated themselves about brain research can grasp genetics concepts and decide what knowledge is worth imparting to students. Print and web resources are listed. (MLH)

In this article, the author shares a sexual harassment incident that happened to one of her friends at the high school cafeteria. At their school in Escambia County, Florida, there are no class discussions about sexual harassment. No assemblies or seminars. Just a little blurb in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook that is easy to…

This hearing transcript presents testimony on National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules related to payments to student athletes. Testimony was heard from individuals and groups concerned with the influence of money on college athletics, unethical and illegal payments to college athletes, the exploitation of college athletes by colleges…

Iowa law requires direct reporting by mandatory reporters in all schools to the Department of Human Services. State law also requires all schools to adopt a uniform procedure for investigating allegations of abuse of students by school employees. The Department of Education and the Department of Human Services have established administrative rules…

Poverty is one of the most important influences on educational attainment in Canada. Using Statistics Canada definitions, the overall poverty rate in Canada in 1991 was 16 percent; 4.2 million people fell below low income thresholds, and most poor families fell well below the cutoff ($21,000 for an urban family of four). The most notable change in…

Arguing that Canadian colleges and institutes will be increasingly invited to provide strong leadership in their communities at educational, cultural, economic, and social levels, this paper discusses the conditions that will promote the growth of leadership in Canada's colleges and institutes and identifies ways that managers, teachers, students,…

This handbook was developed to serve as a point of reference in identifying potential dropout problems. Included are several crucial recommendations for establishing an effective partnership between home and school that will help children succeed in school. Recommendations focus on preventive action in the classroom and at home. Artwork and…

A brief description of one school system's program to detect and prevent child abuse and neglect. (ED)

Argues that sex education in public schools is not educationally feasible because of diverse community values and inadequate teacher preparation. (DW)