Teacher interactions play a crucial role in teacher-student relationships (Camp, 2011; KoLodziej, 2015; Satter 2013; Sevgi & Metin, 2020; Wilkins, 2014). The present study examined resolved negative teacher-student relationships to determine how teachers influence a resolved negative teacher-student relationship. I interviewed four high school…

These retrospective case studies used a qualitative approach to examine how three mid-west high schools implemented RTI programs in order to raise the achievement of students with disabilities. The study examined two high schools that met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for their measurable subgroup of students with disabilities. A third high…

Matthew R. Willis, an assistant principal at William C. Hinkley High School in Aurora, CO, is the 2013 NASSP/Virco National Assistant Principal of the Year. In this interview with "Principal Leadership," he is asked to relate what he believes are his largest accomplishments in his role as assistant principal at William C. Hinkley. He…

Racially diverse schools are often presented as places where students can learn to challenge racist discourse and practice. Yet there are a variety of processes through which such schools reproduce the very hierarchies they are meant to dismantle. Drawing on 18 months of fieldwork in two racially diverse South African high schools, I add to the…

This paper will provide the reader with an understanding of how domestic violence affects the behavior of high school students. The presentation is designed to provide the reader with a working definition of domestic violence, the rate of occurrence and its effects on high school students. Additionally the paper will summarize the negative effects…

Involvement in bullying is a contributor to student failure. The author describes a bullying intervention system that has been developed and implemented in a high school that aimed to interrupt bullying, conflict, and aggression before it escalates. A high school tried to reduce student involvement with the school's disciplinary system and…

In an action research study, 66 students from Year 11 in an Australian school were shown the colour of methyl violet indicator in some hydrochloric acid solutions, and then in an acetic acid solution. The intent was to create a cognitive conflict, resolution of which would lead to an understanding of the concept "weak acid". Student…