Six National Education Association regional conferences for 1980 are described. The conferences present information for teachers on such topics as testing, mainstreaming, stress, discipline, public policy, professional development, multicultural/bilingual education, and class size. (RJG)

Two studies were conducted to assess the effects of interagent, inconsistent discipline on aggression in young boys. (MP)

National data dispute the value of school suspensions. This article describes specific alternatives to suspension, with special attention devoted to the creation of "in-school" suspension programs. It outlines philosophies, benefits, essential components, and major difficulties of in-school suspension centers and discusses truancy prevention,…

Investigates which types of reflective activities should be considered as philosophy and reviews how education, experience, and philosophy are interrelated. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)

Provides summary and analysis of literature on the counselor's role in school discipline. Roles are grouped into six categories: mediator, ombudsman, consultant, psychological educator, special program developer, and counselor. Counselors may find roles that satisfy the needs of their students and are appropriate to their own personalities and…

Challenges the view that the social sciences are theoretically impoverished disciplines when compared with the natural sciences. Demonstrates that the synthesis of an abstract Darwinian model of systemic adaptation and the behavioral principles of social learning produces a logical theory of sociocultural evolution. (DB)

Maintains that many high school courses in American history emphasize violence and aggression. Presents and discusses data regarding events and issues which 442 male and female high school students regard as historically important. Students' responses were highly skewed in the violent domain as well as in the aggressive domain. (DB)

Suggests how social studies teachers in Texas can fulfill the spirit and the letter of two mandates regarding economic education. Presents information on the relationship which should exist between the two laws, concepts which should be included in a study of free enterprise, and problems encountered by teachers as they strive to satisfy the…

Tests of attitudes and behavior of teachers showed a direct relationship between open attitudes and open educational practices; custodial pupil control orientation was inversely related. (Editor)

The concept of "academic standards" is discussed as it relates to the quality of higher education. The differences between applied knowledge and pure scholarship are also examined and some common misgivings surrounding similar terms are clarified. (SF)

Forty-eight mothers and their four- to six-year-old children participated in a controlled disciplinary encounter in which the children's attentiveness was manipulated. Results suggested that parents may use commands to get their children's attention and then use reasoning once their children are listening. (JMB)

The writings of Alfred North Whitehead, a philosopher who died in 1947, offer much food for thought to present-day educators. Author reviews these writings. (Editor/RK)

To bring about demonstrably useful changes in education, educational researchers need to be more selective in defining problems and solutions and must communicate their findings and opinions in the clearest possible way. (JD)

The Supreme Court's denomination of education as a property interest protected by the fourteenth amendment is examined along with its application of the fourteenth amendment's prohibition of the deprivation of liberty without due process to school discipline. The issues unresolved by Goss v. Lopez and its effects on school administrative actions…

Argues that "the racism inherent in white society is determined economically, but defined culturally." A revolutionary ideology "must envisage a fundamental change in the concepts of man and society contained in white culture--it must envisage a revolutionary culture." It is the role of the black intellectual, "by virtue of his historical…