An investigation into student attendance in 8 Louisiana high schools showed that a greater percentage (82.4%) of high-achieving students disliked school than did average and low achievers together (73.2%). Kids cited boring teachers, uninteresting courses, and busywork as reasons. There is little research in this area, aside from strategies to…

Fourth-generation program evaluation is a collaborative, responsive approach that attaches great importance to the claims, concerns, and issues set forth by various stakeholders. This model stresses value pluralism and has several community-involvement phases: planning, data collection, results, final evaluation report, and follow-up. (20…

Summarizes survey responses of 92 mentor teachers. Among respondents' 210 comments, 103 (49%) focus on the mentoring role and 107 (50.9%) relate to perceived obstacles to effective mentoring. Respondents often doubted their mentoring qualifications and voiced concerns about time, pairing methods, beginning teachers' receptiveness, and limited…

An examination of disciplinary guidelines indicates that school officials are held to a higher standard of proof in disciplinary proceedings involving students with disabilities. Principals have considerable leeway for short-term disciplinary exclusions, and for excluding any students bringing firearms to school. Preventive measures are best for…

A recent international educational exchange program helped U.S. secondary principals understand how German high schools differ from American ones. German principals are "lead teachers" who teach at least one class daily. Germany's three-track high school system will soon be replaced by U.S.-style "comprehensive" secondary schools. Extracurricular…