The right to discuss controversial issues in public schools is examined in the court case of Keith Sterzing against the Stafford, Texas, School Board. The court ruled that the school board was wrong to fire Sterzing for teaching about race relations with controversial materials. (DE)

Four major educational problems in Papua New Guinea are identified and examined in some depth: the quantity and quality of the teaching force, the curriculum, the clients, and school leavers and employment. (Editor)

When a teacher strikes a child, he teaches the child that violence is a means of problem-solving. Discipline must not be spontaneous reactions to isolated incidents, but consistent actions that arise from a set of concepts and principles of behavior that are used inplanning and practicing the teaching-learning process. (Author/SDH)

The retirement or earnings test provision of the Social Security Program is part of a debate over the future direction of the entire system. The current high rates of unemployment and inflation necessitating supplemental income for some older people may well influence the debate. (Author/AJ)

In addition to the financial problems created by the Serrano decision and by inflation, some districts are also challenged by declining enrollments. Published by California School Boards Association, 800 9th Street, Suite 201, Sacramento, California 95814. (Author/WM)

This document presents an annotated bibliography of books and articles on topics relevant to widowhood. These annotations are included: (1) 21 annotations on the grief process; (2) 11 annotations on personal observations about widowhood; (3) 16 annotations on practical problems surrounding widowhood, including legal and financial problems and job…

One of a series of children's books written from the point of view of an elementary grade child and concerning disabilities or other problems, the stories emphasize the similarities in childhood experience while providing information specific to the disability or problem. In this book, fifth grader Brenda comes to grips with her parents' divorce…

Assessment of preschoolers with handicaps presents a challenge to assessment personnel due to the children's unwillingness to separate from their parents, non-compliant behaviors, short attention spans, limited expressive language, and other problems. Planning and scheduling considerations include scheduling assessments when the child is…

A survey of teachers and students at a high school located in a small city within an argicultural district indicated the need for school administration to seek solutions and strategies for the problem of excessive discipline referrals among ninth graders. A target group of high-risk students (N=20) was identified with chronic discipline problems.…

Seventy-seven references from the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database and the Exceptional Child Education Resources database are presented, on the topic of prereferral interventions for students with learning and behavior problems. References are arranged by database and then alphabetically by author. Information for each…

Experimental studies conducted since 1980 were reviewed. Each of the 34 studies concerning problem solving is briefly summarized, followed by comments, criticisms, and/or concerns. A summary indicates that experimental research of the 1980s seems to focus on: (1) children's processes, understanding, functioning, difficulties, and representations;…

The central failure of conventional, or positivistic inquiry has been the inability to handle deception in research and the violation of societal ethics, moral and legal caused by such deception. Moral dimensions include tests for whether the research would be approved by reasonable persons, whether it might pass the test of publicity, and whether…

The family is an obvious group for whom problem solving effectiveness holds importance. Problem solving interaction refers to the manner in which the behavior of family members is organized to resolve situations in which there is an unachieved but attainable goal, and the means to overcoming the barriers to achieving the goal are not apparent, but…

The Bridge, Inc.'s Independent Living Demonstration Project, a residential project assisting 16- and 17-year-old runaways and throwaways to live successfully on their own after receiving 6-8 months of project services, served 10 male and 12 female adolescents during its second year of operation. Youth were from high, middle, and lower income…

Little is known about the process by which healthy families resolve everyday problems. Families with an adolescent diabetic must handle the usual adolescent problems as well as disease management problems, and must meet both the needs of the adolescent and those of the rest of the family. Phasing rationally is a term used to describe the orderly…