Explores the inclusion of scholarship about Latinas into psychology courses by asking how to evaluate the scholarship that should be included and the factors that should be considered for inclusion. Conceptualizations of identity, gender role socialization, and educational achievement and aspirations lack validity if Latinas are not included. (SLD)

Using ethnographic techniques, this article explores the complex interaction of control and caring in two alternative education programs for students resisting traditional schooling in Cincinnati (Ohio) Public Schools, a predominantly low-income, African-American urban school district. A community-based orientation for staff proves essential in…

States that teacher attitude, organization, and communication are three elements that enable music teachers to manage their classrooms successfully. Discusses each management component and addresses the issue of helping future teachers develop their classroom management skills. Includes a bibliography of resources for classroom management. (CMK)

This introductory article discusses the extent to which teacher education, leadership development, school arrangements, and disciplinary practices affect African American learners with disabilities. It urges educators to engage in critical self-reflection to examine their ethical and sociopolitical philosophy and practices that privilege some…

Evaluated relationship between spectator aggression at football games and residence hall discipline. Results indicated that there is significant correlation, on five variables tested, between fan behavior and the increase of disciplinary cases during football weekends. Provides suggestions for interventions to reduce disciplinary actions. (JBJ)

Discusses the inclusion of cartobibliographic instruction as part of academic bibliographic instruction programs. Highlights include bibliographic access to cartographic sources; problems, including lack of full cataloging, special locations, and unusual displays of information; and cartographic sources in various disciplines, including the…

Describes the College of Lake County's (Illinois) development of an enrollment projection process that satisfies the need for information for institutional planning and budget forecasting. The process includes statistically driven projections and adjustments to the projections that reflect unique conditions within the disciplines and requires much…

Suggests that, without the influence of adults who understand the vital role discipline plays in the child's assumption of responsibility, children may become a threat to their own growth and to their societies. Discusses the need for parents to provide positive discipline in their children's lives to help them become confident, independent, and…

A study in England and Australia suggests that in science and engineering, where researchers within a research unit of any size re-form themselves into smaller groups (5-12), communication is efficient and productivity optimal, with little economy of scale for larger groups. In less tightly-organized disciplines such as mathematics and social…

A study investigated differences in graduate student supervision across disciplines at a Canadian research university. Most departments reported having some policies or procedures, but they tended not to be explicit. According to program directors, the two most important supervisor qualities were knowledge of research field and availability.…

Argues that, as a movement, Afrocentrism is a clever but essentially simple-minded hustle that, in its desire to have the power to define, often justifies low-quality scholarship. Its central failure is the failure to recognize what African Americans have done to realize the truest meanings of democratic possibility. (SLD)

The American Federation of Teachers has developed a series of documents to help educators develop appropriate achievement standards or to describe the standards of other countries. Ordering information is given for these documents and kits for setting standards in particular disciplines. (SLD)

Addresses boys' disruptive behavior in the classroom, teachers' resignation to it, and why schools need to work with boys as a matter of importance to enhancing gender work in schools. The limitations of using sex role theory in approaching gender work with boys are highlighted, and teaching methods for harnessing boys' spontaneous interests in…

Although higher education in Scotland is part of the United Kingdom system, it has operated separately, with a distinctive focus on the assessment of quality in each academic subject. Internal and external quality assessment and assurance processes are described, and the lessons learned are explored briefly. (MSE)

A Connecticut principal describes how his middle school explored benefits of looping for seventh and eighth graders. Results of a study evaluating the effects of a pilot project on student discipline, attitudes, and achievement were positive enough to justify expanding looping to all seventh- and eighth-grade classes. (Contains 19 references.)…