Over the past decade, many schools have adopted zero-tolerance policies to curtail negative student behavior. Such policies persist although "there is as yet little evidence that the strategies typically associated with zero tolerance contribute to improved student behavior or overall school safety." Suspension and expulsion result in…

Presents 11 guidelines, based on constitutional requirements, to help the school administrator to develop a firm and fair student discipline code. Condensed from "A Legal Memorandum", March 1981, published by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, Virginia. (Editor/SJL)

The author argues that the "children's rights" movement is an attack on the authority of parents and teachers and that it is undermining school discipline and traditional family roles. Condensed from "American Educator," Spring 1981, pp30-33. (SJL)