Treats various state's laws on corporal punishment in schools as it affects students and teachers. Recommends that corporal punishment be used only as self-defense measure. (DS)

Recounts the now-famous Supreme Court case, San Antonio Independent School District versus Rodriguez, relating to the proposition that wealth-based inequities in school spending are unconstitutional. (RJ)

A study of both the legal and the actual situation in Texas with regard to schools and married students provides some important implications for family life education, school systems, and married students. (Author)

A new program, created through the leadership of the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Board of Education is unique; its major thrust is the instruction of teachers in both the substance of the law and the educational methodologies essential to classroom implementation of its objectives. (Author)

Brings court action up to date in regard to male students' hair styles. (LN)

Amish parents who refused to enroll their children in high school (because of religous tenets) violated the Wisconsin Compulsory School Attendance Law. The court ruled the law unconstitutional as it applied to these parents; this opens issues for current community control. (DM)

Solving the problem of or managing battered children is not easy. Despite evidence that child assault is not rare, incidents are not generally reported to the authorities who would take action. The latter have, though, relatively few resources to help ameliorate the situation. (DM)

Speech presented at the 54th annual NASSP Convention. (EJS)