Provides an overview of the problem of juvenile delinquency in the schools. Also reviews the findings of the Senate Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency and ends with a reminder that American education has overcome seemingly insurmountable problems in other difficult days. (Editor/RK)

The research findings of most studies on student behavior problems have shown that these behaviors can be reduced to four major clusters of interrelated characteristics--conduct disorder, personality disorder, inadequacy-immaturity and socialized delinquency. Discusses these behaviors and some research on behavior change. (Author/RK)

Researches predictors of female delinquency that originate at home: parental characteristics and aspects of parent-child relations; and also those predictors based on the characteristics of the delinquent girl herself, e.g., general psychological health, personality, attitudes, etc.; and external factors, e.g., socioeconomic status, race, place of…

Discusses several approaches for solving the problem of delinquency including Quay's empirical system, Warren's theoretical system, Hogan's theory of moral conduct, and Bandura's social learning theory. (Author/RK)

Attempts to identify features for lessening vandalism for consideration in the planning of educational facilities. Members of the National Association of School Security Directors were asked what features they would recommend in planning a new school building resistant to vandalism. 363 features in 24 major categories were identified as acceptable…

Reports on factors relating to school vandalism based on a review of selected literature that included juvenile delinquency. Research and theoretical writings were included for purposes of comparison and conflicting findings were also discussed, as well as common findings. An attempt was made to relate theoretical work with recent applied research…

Discusses the problem of discipline in the classroom, classroom violence, and how students and teachers can protect themselves from attack or harm. Also provides 5 tips for the teacher who is the victim of an assault. (Author/RK)

Examines the reasons for the rapid intervention of courts into areas primarily an administrative decision-making process and describes those areas in which legal decisions have drastically defined and restricted the permissible scope of administrative activity in schools. (Author/RK)

Defines the concept, "Community Education," the part that student alienation has in causing school vandalism, reports two studies that help prove the constructive influence of community schools in reducing school vandalism, and how student cooperation can be gained in community education. (RK)

Discusses a number of ideas related to the implementation of multicultural education in the core of national educational programs, the relationship of these ideas to changes in societal values and how these values affect goals for education. Uses busing and bilingual education in examining changes in values and the consequences these changes may…

Presents some current concepts on cultural pluralism in American education as viewed from the historical, philosophical and theoretical perspectives, desired outcomes, and conceptual designation. Outlines recommendations for the improvement of teacher education depicting the teacher as the "key" factor in achieving relevant multicultural…

Gives an overview of accreditation in teacher education, a brief description of multicultural education today, some points clarifying the role of multicultural education in teacher education, and several areas of multicultural education/accreditation that need further study and research. (Author/RK)

Traces the activities of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education in its efforts to assist the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education in modifying its standards for accreditation of teacher education to reflect an emphasis on multicultural education. (Editor/RK)

Provides the public school teacher with guidelines for developing lessons in the everyday act of teaching all subjects in a multicultural setting. Also includes an interpretation of how learning principles should be useful in a multicultural teaching approach and ideas for teaching English, home economics, mathematics, and music in the…

Assesses the variations in attitudes toward selected race-related concepts among seven- through twelve-year-old Black, White, and Mexican-American elementary school children. Also examines the effect of the school environment (multiracial versus monoracial) on the subjects' attitude. (Author/RK)