Schools viewed as a type of service organization in which neither the organization nor the client can exercise choice in organization-client relationship; pupil control identified as central to organizational life in schools. (Author/LR)

Evanston, Illinois' school board approved a dress restriction code under the philosophy that the best 'dress code' is the one with broadest limits. The brief five-point policy is outlined. (DE)

A successful inschool suspension program is described that brings together a professional staffer knowledgeable in counseling and a variety of subject areas, an unpleasant image among students, and a reasonable length of the student's day. Guidelines and rules are listed. (MJL)

The "discipline ladder" approach emphasizes that each successive offense of the same type should result in punishment made more uncomfortable by designed increments. (Author/IRT)

The successful program to reduce discipline problems described here emphasized four areas. An effort was made to change the erroneous thinking of students, parents, and teachers; to reward and punish students systematically; to clean up the campus; and to increase cooperation and responsibility. (Author/IRT)

A program where students are supervised and disciplined for improper actions operates successfully at Hemet Junior High School in California. (Author/MLF)

A Saturday session in the Saucon Valley School District, Hallertown (Pennsylvania), including academic tutoring and counseling, is a low-cost effective alternative to suspension. (Author/MLF)

Offers basic guidelines to deal with student discipline. Suggests that everyone connected with the school and district must develop and enforce strategies designed to magnify learning and behavioral expectations and to redirect students unable or unwilling to participate in the activities of education. (JOW)

In spite of the proven research studies that cite the beneficial effects of a positive, assets-based approach to child development and discipline (Scales, 2000; Jones & Jones, 1998; Benson, Galbraith, & Espeland, 1994), numerous school systems adhere to the articulation of tiered levels of misconduct, which identify minor to severe types of…

What scope is there for teachers to purposefully deviate from their routine classroom practice in order to respond to disengaging students? A case study of a small provincial school in Australia shows an example of alternative pedagogy used in response to a disengaged group of young adolescents. The students temporarily engaged with a different…

This article discussed some of the effects of punishment directed toward students and offered some suggestions in finding solutions to discipline in the classroom. (Editor/RK)

Despite contrary evidence in the literature, this experimental investigation found that race and the interaction of race and socioeconomic status of students do not have a significant effect on teacher "pupil control behavior." Alternative explanations for these findings are discussed. (EH)

This article is about strategy and presents 23 suggestions of what to do to modify student behavior. (Author/RK)