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Nichols, T. Philip; Monea, Alexander – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
T. Philip Nichols and Alexander Monea explore the spread of data-driven surveillance (i.e., dataveillance) technologies in schools, which are increasingly used as a strategy for mitigating safety risks. They argue that the sense of security schools derive from these technologies often comes at the cost of students' actual well-being and privacy.…
Descriptors: Student Records, School Safety, Risk Management, Well Being
Santoro, Doris A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
When teachers talk about leaving the profession, they are commonly described as "burnt out." But for many, argues Doris Santoro, that's not the real story. In truth, most teachers enter teaching because they want to pursue moral commitments to the well-being of their students, colleagues, and communities. In-depth interviews with…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Attitudes, Moral Values
Wahlstrom, Kyla L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
A recent study by the University of Minnesota looked at eight high schools across the U.S. that chose later start times, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. The study found significant decreases in absences and tardiness as well as greater academic benefits for schools with the latest start times. Among the 9,395 students in the study, those who slept…
Descriptors: High School Students, School Schedules, Sleep, Fatigue (Biology)
Goodman, Joan F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Historically, public schools have often used shaming techniques to discipline students, even though researchers have found shaming to be not just an ineffective means of curtailing misbehavior, but, more important, psychologically harmful to children. The author reviewed policy documents from nine leading charter management organizations and found…
Descriptors: Discipline, School Policy, Discipline Policy, Psychological Patterns
Ansary, Nadia S.; Elias, Maurice J.; Greene, Michael B.; Green, Stuart – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The authors quantify and unpack the prevalence and effects of bullying on children and adolescents before prescribing provisos for schools to consider when planning preventive and responsive approaches to bullying.
Descriptors: Bullying, Children, Adolescents, Prevention
Shakeshaft, Charol – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Educators can prevent much of the sexual misconduct in schools if they know how to recognize and respond to suspicious patterns and if administrators enforce an environment of high expectations for behavior. School districts can assess their schools and the district for being at risk of educator sexual misconduct and then can develop and enforce…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Teacher Behavior, Prevention
Hess, Frederick M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
Greenfield is a term for an area where there are unobstructed, wide-open opportunities to invent or build. Greenfield schooling presumes that the greatest challenge to improving teaching and learning is the bureaucratic, rule-driven education system and that it is important to create an environment in which innovation can flourish.
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Improvement, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Abo-Zena, Mona M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Even though public schools maintain a separation between church and state, non-Christians face social and logistical challenges that threaten their development and academic performance. The challenges may be inadvertent or intentional, observable or discreet, or introduced by students, educators, school policies, or broader society. Educators have…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Religion, Religious Cultural Groups, Minority Groups
Young, Abe Louise – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Changing a school's culture with regard to how it treats lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students can seem impossible, the author says. Educators must take the temperature of a school climate, map a route, establish rules, and hand out safety gear. Mostly, changing that climate will require educators to listen closely to students and hear…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, School Culture, Educational Change, Teacher Student Relationship
Slesaransky-Poe, Graciela – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Speaking as a mother and a teacher educator, the author offers a framework to help K-12 school personnel support gender and sexually diverse students. It identifies components of safe school climate, and describes how educators to create welcoming, safe, and inclusive schools. It also includes resources widely available to counteract the bullying,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Personnel, Professional Development, Teacher Student Relationship
Pardini, Priscilla – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Milwaukee's gay-friendly Alliance High School was conceived to be a welcoming and confirming school for kids who have been teased and bullied and had their interests marginalized in traditional schools. The result is a group of teens who feel they have found a safe place as they explore who they will be and how they will live the rest of their…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, Adolescents, Homosexuality
Fowler, Deborah – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Unsupported fears of youth violence in schools has led to an expansion of school-based policing and zero tolerance discipline. The historical reality is that America's public schools are very safe, even when located in high crime neighborhoods. Yet, school discipline is becoming increasingly punitive, moving from the schoolhouse to the courthouse.…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, School Policy, Zero Tolerance Policy, Violence
Wright, Tiffany E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
A national survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) educators examined differences of perceptions within seven identified factors: homophobia, principal support, policies of bullying language, policies of human rights, job safety, personal safety, and outness. It found that safety is best understood in two dimensions: personal…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Homosexuality, Educational Environment, Teacher Characteristics
Finn, Kristin V.; Willert, H. Jeannette – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
Although schools are places for learning and growth, they are also places where students engage in alcohol and drug use. This study showed that most teachers were aware of drugs in their schools, but did not regard drug use as an interference in their own classrooms. Many teachers were knowledgeable about their schools' drug policy, but did not…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Teacher Attitudes
Christie, Kathy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Briefly describes six principles from Education Commission of the States' Leadership for Literacy initiative designed to help make the teaching of reading more effective and efficient. Includes discussion of scientific evidence, standards, assessment systems, data management, professional knowledge, and alignment. (PKP)
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
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