Studied socioeconomic differences in children's learning over the school year and the summer months using data for a representative sample of urban school children (final sample, 368). Findings show that the increase in the achievement gap over the primary grades can be traced mainly to the out-of-school environment. The seasonal pattern of…

Presents results of a year-long followup study through vignettes from four case studies carried out with 16 first-grade, Spanish-speaking children whose families recently immigrated to the United States. Develops a comprehensive picture of school adaptation and supports the need for a home-school mediator as a facilitator of children's adaptation…

Reviews book on perspectives of social cognition and intergroup relations that extracts key elements of a successful remedy to prejudice and discrimination and offers recommendations for schools seeking to improve intergroup relations. Recommends Aboud's work as a supplemental text for students, researchers, and program designers to reduce…

Gender research demonstrates the important role played by the school in determining a gendered world-view and the influence of the school system on gender-role socialization. Most studies based on the constructivist school relate mainly to one of two issues: either the gender of the teachers themselves, or the gender-mapping of the curriculum…

No good time exists to face the realities of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children across the United States and Canada are accompanied to clinics and schools by frightened, worried parents. In the book, In Understanding ADHD (2001), Ken and Andrea McCluskey bring to life the realities of the everyday journey of coping with…

Violence in schools and communities is no longer an urban school problem; it is every school's problem ( Garbarino, 1999 ). What factors cause children to interact with increasingly violent and anti-social behaviors? What strategies can teachers and schools use in order to help these childhood bullies who grow up to be violent youths? This paper…

Many kids in school will come face-to-face with the death of a close relative or friend. As such, schools need to reach out to grieving students. While it is certainly true that schools cannot compensate for children's severe losses, and it is also true that teachers and counselors cannot assuage children's grief alone, it is also the case that…

This study investigated experiences and needs concerning (supporting) children's school career among parents in divorced lone-parent and stepfamilies. Forty custodial parents from a variety of divorced family situations responded to an in-depth interview. The interview data were analysed using qualitative methods. The results show a variety of…

This article features the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. Social studies educators emphasize the civic mission of schools, and the need to provide students with citizenship education of the highest quality. As National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) members are well aware, the focus of recent educational reforms has…

A Tibetan Buddhist monk, Lama Tenzin, spent a week at the Manhattan private school where the author of this article was the middle school director. Lama Tenzin did not come to introduce students to Buddhism or to explain the plight of the Tibetan people. Instead, he came to create a piece of art that is a specialty of his and his brother monks': a…

Though there has been increasing interest in character education among policy makers and education professionals, many schools hesitate to do anything that might detract from their focus on increasing academic performance. The authors present evidence indicating that this may be misguided. (Contains 13 endnotes.)

America's urban Catholic schools are in crisis. This report finds that over 1,300 schools have shut down since 1990, mostly in our cities. As a result, some 300,000 students have been displaced--forced to attend other public, private, or parochial schools. The school closures have cost taxpayers more than $20 billion to accommodate the additional…

School leaders carry great responsibility when a crisis occurs. Understanding the significance and use of school crisis teams is vitally important and often unknowingly overlooked. This article examines the crucial role of school leaders when a crisis event occurs. Through combining existing research, case vignettes of actual events, and…

A violent conflict between Maoist insurgents and the national government has engulfed Nepal for most of the last decade, a situation that has been complicated by deep-seated instability at the highest levels of the government itself. Even with the declaration of a ceasefire in 2006, violence endures in pockets of lawless banditry and unrest at the…

This confidence-boosting book aims to help children overcome the damaging effects of teasing and bullying, and to develop practical skills and attitudes to improve their self-esteem and quality of life. This revised edition of "Bully Blocking" (originally published under the title "Bully Busting") is based on Evelyn Field's "Secrets of Relating,"…