We present outcomes from a field test of a student-centered and technology-driven school safety framework. We describe the framework components rooted in school violence prevention. Results from our field test indicate moderate student and teacher use of the framework components, improvements in student perceptions of school safety, reductions in…

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to discover the influence of a student achievement program implemented at one large urban high school that employed extrinsic motivation to promote student achievement on state assessments. Using organismic integration theory as the theoretical framework, 19 randomly selected students participated…

Special education is the most highly litigated area within the field of education. Therefore, the purpose of the current article is to highlight cases (court decisions, Office of Civil Rights rulings, and State Educational Agency hearings) involving students with disabilities in 2015. Highlights from the case law point to the need for school…

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors that may influence school administrators' disciplinary decisions involving students with disabilities. Confirmatory factor analysis suggests that the investigator-developed measures adequately represent the hypothesized latent factors per the pattern of observed responses. The hypothesized…

While collegiate fraternity and sorority hazing are well documented problems that receive prominent attention, hazing at the high school level is also a serious issue. Across the nation, media headlines offer a continual reminder that high school hazing is not a phenomenon of the past. As high school principals seek ways to discourage and…

This quasi-experimental study examined the adoption of the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines in 23 high schools. After training, school administrators and other staff members demonstrated substantial increases in knowledge of threat assessment principles and decreased commitment to zero tolerance approaches. Schools using the…

A six-week remedial summer school program for potential dropouts in a Wisconsin high school is described. The key factor was an attendance clause that limited students to three absences lest they be withdrawn from the program. (TE)

An Ohio high school staff's action-research project examined effects of a recently implemented block-scheduling arrangement on student achievement, behavior, and student-teacher relations. Results support other research: students earned higher grade point averages, more students attained the honor roll, disciplinary referrals were reduced,…

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)

Describes the Alternative School in the Gwinnett County School System, Lawrenceville, Georgia, as an optional program teaching appropriate behavior and better study habits to chronically disruptive students. (JW)

An after-school detention program was developed to help students increase their self-awareness, to understand and respect the rights of others, and to increase their ability to relate to their peers, teachers, and other adults. (Author/MLF)

Describes a Saturday School model designed to modify student behavior by subjecting students to experiences that will build a positive self-concept. Students assume full responsiblility for their behavior and receive counseling and a contact or support person to assist them in building positive behavior patterns. (MLH)

Describes how the Cambridge Pilot School is working in spite of problems that occur when an alternative school is housed in its parent school and the natural constraints of the two territories come to play. (Editor/GB)