A schoolwide class called Excursions helped a rural Wisconsin school create an environment where everyone could achieve whatever they were comfortable achieving without the restrictions of time. The purpose of an Excursion is to provide students the ability to take charge of their own learning, reflect on what they do, evaluate their work, make…

Experiencing discomfort as a leader is part of the job. But discomfort does not have to turn to anguish. Leaders who learn a new way to respond to the stress and strain of leadership can enhance their performance and enrich their experience.

To address the chief issues surrounding low achievement of black males in schools one must acknowledge the inability of education systems to accept that there are ways of looking at the world, communication modes, and approaches to teaching that are unique to black males. The author developed five tools for teaching black males: Cogenerative…

There is no definitive research on how many students display sexualized behavior in schools. Sexually inappropriate behavior includes using sexual language, gestures, or noises, engaging in pretend play that simulates sex, making sexual invitations to others, inappropriately touching another person, or masturbating in the classroom. These…

If the goal of teaching ethics is to affect behavior and ultimately produce thoughtful, ethical people, then the best process to do this is by embedding ethical practices in student discussions. One teacher demonstrates how she has done this in her classrooms.

This, the third of a four-part series, focuses on student attitudes and personal experiences as they are organized into four domains--personal, instructional, institutional, and societal. (Author/IRT)

Contrasts two fourth-grade teachers' treatment of a student's robin eggshell. One teacher continues with a conventional, text-based science lesson; the other asks what the eggshell means and helps students devise research questions to be pursued in the library and in art class. Also, seven provocative questions are posed for would-be education…

Findings from a study of 633 students indicate that children from intact families are significantly better off in their personal and familial adjustment than are children whose fathers have died, who, in turn, are significantly better adjusted than are children from divorced families. (Author/MLF)