Middle and high school students subjected to harsh school discipline policies and practices such as suspensions and expulsions are more likely to disengage from the classroom and course work, and increases their chances of dropping out, according to this new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education. The report recommends implementing…

This document reports the hearings held by the Committee on Education and Labor's General Subcommittee on Education in New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. on two bills. One, H. R. 3101, is a bill to assist school districts reduce crime against children, employees, and facilities in the elementary and secondary schools by providing financial…

A 4-YEAR FOLLOWUP STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY EARLY SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES IN CHILDREN AND TO DESCRIBE THOSE THAT PERSIST LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS. FINDINGS CONCERNING CHILDREN WHO IN 1961 WERE IN THE SECOND AND FOURTH GRADES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK (EXCEPT IN SYRACUSE) SUGGEST THAT THE MAJORITY…

Most counselors agree that all children could benefit from guidance during the elementary grades in school. Guidance for the gifted adolescent often comes too late to change his study habits or his educational plans; and, early recognition of and help for children with physical, social, and emotional difficulties might prevent delinquency, early…