A Saturday session in the Saucon Valley School District, Hallertown (Pennsylvania), including academic tutoring and counseling, is a low-cost effective alternative to suspension. (Author/MLF)

The in-school suspension program used at the Blue Springs (Missouri) Junior High School is carefully structured to focus student attention or productive academic work. This article describes the program and lists several questions that must be considered by those seeking to develop an effective program. (PGD)

The Student Management through Incentives concept can help to establish a system of discipline that is both positive and preventive. A gradient of student privileges allows for individual differences and a student log card system provides for student monitoring and offers students with inappropriate behavior a way to redeem themselves. (Author/WD)

Describes a Prescriptive Discipline Plan developed by teachers at a Florida middle school. The plan featured three offense categories: minor infractions handled by teachers, intermediate offenses (cheating, disrespect, and insubordination) handled by administrators, and serious offenses (fighting, assault, sexual misconduct) invoking automatic…

Describes the operation and effectiveness of the Alternative Learning Center program administered by James Madison Memorial High School in Madison (Wisconsin). The center permits the school to remove students committing breaches of school discipline from their classes without removing them from the educational environment altogether. (PGD)

The Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, South Carolina, finds an after-school detention program and a student supreme court to be successful in handling discipline problems. (JM)

The method of suspension described here is both legally and educationally sound. The authors say the additional expense of a suspension-room teacher is economical when considered in light of costs incurred to school, child, and society under the old system. (Editor)

For those who aspire to become administrators, it is important that they have some advance functional knowledge of the assistant principalship. Myriad demands are made on this position, which is largely an under-appreciated one. This writer portrays both the advantages and disadvantages inherent in the job. (Editor)

Principals seeking to establish an effective school climate must address these questions concerning school discipline: How committed is the staff to discipline outside the classroom? Are school policies clear to students? Do teachers engaged in student supervision have positive attitudes? Is discipline consistent? Are planning and supervision…

Three key features of the discipline program contribute to its effectiveness: the clear statement of a philosophy of discipline in the student handbook; the presence of visible authority figures in the building; and the consistent application of school rules and suitable punishments. (PGD)

Describes the qualities of a good disciplinary policy. (JM)

In this plan, teachers clearly inform students in writing at the beginning of the year of their expectations regarding student attendance, lateness, and coursework. (JM)

Surveys the ideas of William Glasser and Herbert Kohl on discipline and then evaluates them by reviewing both their strengths and weaknesses. (Author/MLF)