Critical issues in tort liability that confront special educators and teacher trainers include malpractice (failure to learn), misdiagnosis, immunity, impact of a handicap on standard of care, confidentiality, access to emergency medical services, the use of aversive consequences, child abuse and corporal punishment, and school violence.…

Over 50% of 219 K-12 teachers surveyed felt that overall school discipline was slightly or much worse than 10 years ago. Data on size of school, student population (urban, suburban, or rural), teacher sex, teacher age, grade level taught, use of corporal punishment, and out-of-school suspensions are also analyzed. (JDD)

Twenty-four institutions under NCAA sanctions are listed with dates of probation, sport under probation, sanctions, and grounds for action. (MLW)

Provides up-to-date advice for school board members on the use of corporal punishment in the schools. Reviews recent court cases in the state of Georgia. Provides four legal guidelines to apply in corporal punishment cases. (MD)

Describes the development of a written policy of school conduct and discipline for a school district with students in grades K-6. Focuses on the district's efforts to incorporate student input in policy formation by conducting meetings between student representatives and the school superintendent. (KH)

A school discipline survey form was mailed to 324 principals in 18 randomly selected states representing the nine U.S. Census districts. Results indicated widespread use of corporal punishment with students at every grade level. The use of corporal punishment across demographic, administrative/procedural, and administrative opinion variables in…

Students enter music classes for various reasons. Teachers must study the group in order to understand the attitudes and motivations of students. Advises the teacher to emphasize the intrinsic rewards of learning and to set individual strategies of positive reinforcement and negative punishment. (CS)

Argues that the greatest impediment to improving the lives of America's children is the myth of a child-oriented society, already doing all that needs to be done. Unmet needs are described in the areas of prenatal care, nutrition, child abuse, juvenile justice, and foster care. Recommendations for ameliorative action are made. (MS)

This paper describes a program that was developed and implemented to define better the incidents used by a rural school district to report school violence to the state. The program was also designed to decrease the use of out-of-school suspension by 90 school administrators in this Florida district. Some of the strategies used for the program…

Discusses an NEA task force study of the use of corporal punishment in schools. Study results indicate that physical punishment as a disciplinary measure causes great harm, such as student behavioral problems and potential lasting psychological damage. Sixteen reasons for abandoning corporal punishment are presented along with task force…

Discusses the use of corporal punishment in the American school system, the effects it has on children and older students, and the efforts of responsible parents to stop its practice in the schools in concert with court decisions on constitutional rights. (RK)

If the Supreme Court is inclined to drop the death penalty, it should do so openly and not through the use of a particular jury. (Editor/IR)

Stresses teaching the importance of including "reader benefits" in business correspondence. (Defines "reader benefits" as rewards which the reader will receive for doing what the writer asks.) Reviews research which explains why threats won't work, how reader benefits influence attitudes and behavior, and why nonmonetary benefits are sometimes the…

The author explores the growing litigation over student rights in disciplinary cases, noting that the teacher's freedom to use punishment and behavior modification is being restricted. He presents teachers with some guidelines on classroom management and control in light of these court rulings. (SJL)

Despite the fact that many people agree in theory that the concept of official childbeating is repugnant, the abolition of corporal punishment in the schools has received little public or legislative support. Sanctioned violence reinforces educational problems and teaches children that violence is the way to solve problems. (Author/GC)