It is hard to imagine how the majority of people made it through the day without cell phones just 5 to 10 years ago. These days, cell phones are everywhere, and everyone seems to own one--including many middle school students and even some students who are in elementary school. Both parents and students feel these phones are essential in order to…

This volume on impasse resolution in school bargaining is the third in a 4-part study of collective action by public school teachers. It represents an intensive study of 8 school districts chosen from a sample of 80 in which true impasses occurred prior to June 1965. The substance of the 8 case studies, based on data collected from questionnaires,…

This study is concerned with the initial testing of an instrument which examines student discipline in terms of four areas: goals and objectives of the discipline program, scope of the program, procedures and sanctions. This investigation by the Center for the Study of Evaluation has been undertaken as part of the Higher Education Evaluation…

ERIC abstracts on collective negotiations in education are compiled that were announced in RIE through June 1969. The key terms used to compile this collection are "collective negotiation,""collective bargaining,""strikes,""sanctions," and "teacher militancy." The following information is presented for each document: Author, title, place of…

In Canada, there is an increasing trend toward placing the responsibility of paying the cost of education on the provincial governments. Consequently, it is to be expected that these governments will demand greater participation in educational decision-making. (CK)

This study examines the interorganizational coordination exercised through the surveillance and sanctioning activity of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), shows the extent to which private systems of regulation may operate to control organization practices, and suggests the limitations of some public regulatory activity.…

Members of the AAUP's staff, acting on behalf of Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, communicate during the course of each year with administrations under censure. A summary of developments at institutions on the list of Censured Administrations is presented. (Author/MLW)

Surveyed nonacademic disciplinary procedures in 50 Canadian universities through interviews and examination of written policies and procedures. Compared and contrasted such aspects as (1) authority for adjudicating and resolving cases; (2) scope of review mechanisms (just students or entire university community); (3) appeal process; (4) nature of…

Explored the relationship between severity of sanction imposed for tobacco policy violation and dropout rates in South Carolina public high schools. Surveys of school principals assessed policies and sanctions. Data were tested for an association between event dropout rate and sanction severity. Results suggest that severe sanctions imposed for…

Describes the basic elements of the federal copyright law, four tests for fair use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes, the application of fair use to various media, and the development of a copyright management policy. (PKP)

A critical theoretical framework is used to analyze the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal legislation and its role in codifying and perpetuating educational practices and policies that contribute to growing campus militarism in urban schools serving low-income African American and Latino students. The author argues that NCLB Section 9528 is part…

This brief, the third issue in the "Criminal Justice Issues for Arizona" series, reveals that Pinal County's specialized court for domestic-violence cases offers some promising results for dealing with this common and complex offense. This report contains an analysis of data collected in the Pinal County Domestic Violence Database, which…

Genetically modified (GM) crops such as maize (Zea mays L.), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), soybean [Glycine max (L.) Moench], and canola (Brassica rapa L.) have been widely adopted by American farmers. In spite of their use in the United States, the European Union (EU) imposed a 6-year de facto moratorium (1998-2004) on the cultivation/import of…

By the time youngsters reach high school in the United States, the achievement gap is immense. Some remarkable inner-city schools, however, are showing that the achievement gap can be closed, even at the middle and high school level, if poor minority kids are given the right kind of instruction. In this article, the author features six schools…