Asserts that courts are today handing down decisions in matters they would previously have avoided. Warns that board sovereignty and rights of local control will be protected by the courts, but only if the boards act fairly and reasonably. The author presents five court cases and invites readers to determine whether their decisions would have been…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss principles of behavior and interaction that teachers can use in formulating intervention approaches with their pupils. (Author)

Presents an overview of the major intellectual forces affecting black scholars in the past and an outline of what will occur in the future; discussion of black behavior is grounded in a consideration of African behavior. (Author/JM)

The open campus in schools is defined and its implications on student achievement, facilities utilization, faculty size, curriculum, and student discipline are discussed. (DN)

Presented here is a review of court cases documenting a period of revolutionary transition in the relationships of administrators, teachers and students. (Editor)

Provides basic principles of teaching and learning which teachers should use. (SB)

Speech by New York University School of Education professor at the Consultation for Educational Justice sponsored by the New York City National Council of Churches. Discusses high school unrest as indicating the need for redistributing power throughout the schools, and the crisis of legitimacy of the schools. (JM)

Sarcastically points out how the results of current research in behavior are ignored or adulterated in schools. (DE)

This study attempts to analyze descriptors taken from subject categories in ERIC thesaurus and used as search terms on CROSS database Bibliographic Retrieval Services. An expectation ratio was computed and cluster analysis was conducted to discover subject relationships among databases. A list of databases retrieved and 12 references are appended.…

Much of the violence in the schools could be stymied if teachers were psychologically prepared to deal with it and could depend on administrative support. Techniques for managing violent behavior are outlined, including positive attention, physical cuing, physical proximity, stimulus reduction, and positive timeouts. (PP)

Describes four small school programs, i.e., curriculum enrichment through use of volunteer instructors, "Saturday Class" assignments for disciplinary purposes, elementary science classes visiting high school classes, and improving basic instruction through meaningful inservice programs. (AH)

Researchers analyzed changes in the self-confidence levels of beginning teachers, which occurred during their first term of full-time teaching. Effects of sex differences, discipline attitudes, idealism, and other variables were explored. Students assigned to lower grade levels experienced more problems with confidence about classroom management…