The report most frequently heard in successful schools is that rules are carefully and openly developed, clearly announced, firmly enforced, and consistently applicable to everyone. (Author)

Introduces an instrument for teachers to use in clarifying their beliefs on discipline so they can select strategies with which they are comfortable. (Author/MLF)

An in-school suspension program in Virginia is characterized by individualized academic and/or behavioral intervention. (Author/MLF)

In Elizabethton (Tennessee) a separate program with one teacher keeps some high school students from dropping out and helps improve their attendance. (Author/MLF)

The use of physical violence on students affronts democratic values and infringes on individual rights; furthermore, a study of school violence found a high correlation between physical punishment and violent behavior of students. (Author/MLF)

An unsettling odyssey through the world of high school composition shows a need for a tough new approach in teaching students to write. (Author)

Maintains that if progress in teaching writing has bogged down, the reason is a lack of teacher involvement in effective in-service programs. (Author)

Research findings show that the difference in male and female achievement in mathematics appears to be largely a cultural phenomenon. Interventions are suggested to achieve equal educational opportunity for women and minority students in mathematics education. (Author/MLF)

A summary of research findings suggests cultural expectations account for the difference in reading achievement between boys and girls. (Author/MLF)

Advice on the purchasing and use of computers in schools. (Author/MLF)

The school superintendent in Mansfield (Connecticut) gives teachers responsibilities that in most places are the superintendent's own. (Author/MLF)

Summarizes and compares the contrasting recommendations about teacher training that Doyle Watts and Arthur Combs made in a prior issue and presents research evidence about each recommendation. (MLF)

Faculty members of small universities should be judged by their teaching ability, not by their publications. (Author)

Interviews with ten middle-aged, experienced teachers, reveal several stages of teacher career development. (MLF)

The problem of undefined content in career/consumer/economic education is not new. A way to sort out the relationships is to identify important concepts in each area. (Author/MLF)