This report covers trends in discipline policies and policy-making and alternative and innovative school programs designed to diminsh behavioral problems in the classroom. The programs range from improvements in a school's physical plant to specific action plans for teachers and options in the curriculum designed to stimulate alienated students.…

During the eighteenth century some colleges met the challenges to their purpose and survival by narrowing their focus and withdrawing their boundaries to more sectarian ground. Alternatively, it could be argued that a college could have met such challenges by broadening its focus and expanding its boundaries beyond insular denominational concerns.…

This pamphlet is a complete revision of the ACLU's handbook on academic freedom and civil liberties for students in institutions for higher learning, first published in 1961. Section I deals with the student as a member of the academic community, including admission policies, freedom in the classroom, safeguarding the privileged student-teacher…

This study investigated discipline problems as perceived and dealt with by student teachers. (RC)

This article uses the Supreme Court decision in Goss vs Lopez as a starting point and frame reference for describing and assessing the discipline procedure in one public high school. (DS)

Susquehanna Valley Central School abolished corporal punishment for practical reasons. At Perry Junior-Senior High School, there is a feeling on the part of parents, students, and teachers that all students are dealt with fairly and impartially since the adoption, two years ago, of the Cause-Effect Discipline Code. (Author/AM)

In summary, adopt written policies that explicitly cover all aspects of corporal punishment and other disciplinary procedures; review those policies at least once every two years to keep them current. (Author/IRT)

Reviews the 1977 Supreme Court decision in "Ingraham vs. Wright." The court held that the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment and the procedural due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to corporal punishment in the public schools. (MD)

Identifies and discusses some successful alternatives for coping with classroom behavior problems. (FL)

Surveyed 65 St. Louis County secondary schools to examine their response to substance abuse in terms of policies, practices, or procedures. Results suggested that many school officials are more punitive than their juvenile court counterparts. Exclusionary discipline policies are the predominant sanction, invoked against students who violate…

At a Florida high school, students who break school rules face predetermined consequences that are ascending in severity. The success of the system is contingent on staff training, communication, recordkeeping, administrative support, and evaluation. (MLF)

Discusses the importance of pupil control problems of public secondary school personnel and the development of models of custodial and humanistic ideologies. (HOD)

Reviews a Pennsylvania higher court decison in which a student sued the school board for reducing her grades as punishment for misconduct during a school outing. The court found in the student's favor. The punishment must fit the crime. (MD)

The method of suspension described here is both legally and educationally sound. The authors say the additional expense of a suspension-room teacher is economical when considered in light of costs incurred to school, child, and society under the old system. (Editor)

John Hellier, the head of Brislington School at Bristol, describes an adjustment unit for disturbed students and the ingredients necessary to make it a success. (RK)