The author contends that discipline problems are not caused by television, family problems, drugs or integration, but by the teacher and the administrator due to their absurd rules and ridiculous activities. (KC)

The authors suggest that the way adults in a school behave is a major factor contributing to disruptive student behavior. They offer four suggestions for setting up a classroom that teaches appropriate behavior, and conclude that consistency is of ultimate importance. (KC)

Described are some disruptive "games" Black students play which lead to fighting. It is suggested that these games are played so students can gain status with their peers. If the teacher recognizes these games and can learn how to terminate them, some discipline problems can be prevented or eliminated. (KC)

Across the United States, an ever-increasing number of high schools have reevaluated their use of instructional time and have adopted some form of a block schedule. Block scheduling, an innovation grounded in Trump's Flexible Modular Scheduling Design, reorganizes the school day into extended blocks of time, each approximately 70 to 90 minutes.…

Article describes how teacher role conflict, due to conflicting social attitudes of student and teacher, is one of the basic causes of the current problems in urban classrooms. (Author/MM)

Procedures suggested here represent attempts to deal with potential problems of classroom control by making teacher expectations clear, by developing strategies in advance to deal with potential trouble spots during the class hour, and by reacting quickly to subtle changes in students' behavior. (Author)