There is increasing concern about cheating in the secondary schools. This article describes the prevalence of dishonesty in testing, motivation for student cheating, new forms of deception using technology tools, initiatives to protect security of tests, methods students use to obtain papers without crediting the original source, tools for…

Reducing peer abuse in schools requires parent participation, but parent-teacher communication barriers can hinder it. In one approach, faculty used personal data assistants to record students' positive and negative behavior and report to parents using pagers. Future research will refine the School Code of Recordable Events used for reporting.…

A new threat has arisen for which teachers, administrators, and parents admit they are poorly prepared. Cyberbullying--electronic forms of peer harassment--is becoming increasingly prevalent and often originates beyond the legal reach of the school. This presentation describes how cyberbullying differs from other forms of mistreatment, cites…

Focusing on the expectations of schools, teachers, parents, peers, and society for the gifted and talented, the author proposes curriculum design, gives guidelines for parent-teacher conferences, outlines the benefits of peer instruction, and suggests ways that parents and society can identify talented students and enrich their education. (SK)

This discussion of education for the handicapped examines the collaborative responsibility of teachers and parents, the value of social learning and peer teaching, the role of the government, and the benefits of mainstreaming in preparing children for life in a culture of diversity. (SK)