Board of Education Action Motion No. 16 requires each school in the Cincinnati system to establish a discipline committee to establish a formal structure designed to encourage cooperative efforts between and among staff, students, parents, and other concerned citizens. The focus of these cooperative efforts is to improve pupil behavior. This…

Returning to corporal punishment will not solve school discipline problems. Rather, teachers need more training and support, and disruptive students need more direct service, as do their parents. (MJB)

The schools must create a climate of reason and respect, and prevent negative self-images, humiliation, and failure. Perhaps 80 percent of the discipline problems in schools involve things the schools can affect. (Author/IRT)

This description of the development of a discipline policy at the Downers Grove (Illinois) Public Library recounts discipline problems, the process of creating the policy, and its effects. The text of the rules of behavior and a sample page from the procedures manual, which provides practical guidelines for enforcement, are included. (MES)

The paper reviews litigation and discusses issues related to suspension and expulsion of handicapped pupils. Recommendations for reviewing school disciplinary codes are made and for clarifying the relationship between misbehavior and handicapping conditions. An active role for special educators in this process is suggested. (Author/CL)

Describes a method for controlling minor incidents of disruptive behavior and failure to prepare for class. (MCG)

A three-year study of data on student discipline in one school supports a theory of a relationship between behavior and environmental factors.(MD)

The results of an informal survey of 212 college and university officials regarding term paper companies conducted to find out where the companies are located, the frequency of their use by students, and what actions the schools are taking. (GB)

A report of disruption of November 3, 1969 and how it was handled. (AD)

Good discipline is important because no group of people can work together successfully without establishing standards of behavior, mutual respect and a desirable system of values that leads each person in the group to develop self-control and self-direction. (Author)

A history of Richard Valpy as headmaster at Reading School in England from 1781 until 1830. (MF)