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Juarez, Tiona – Educational Leadership, 1996
After a violent incident just outside an Austin (Texas) middle school, the principal and her staff decided that the problem of gangs could not be resolved by merely banning gang colors and signing. Special clubs, community volunteers, and a no-failure policy helped make students less vulnerable to gang membership. (MLH)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Intermediate Grades, Juvenile Gangs, Mentors
Christensen, Jon – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2007
This working paper discusses safety in urban charter schools relative to other urban public schools, using several indicators from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is the nation's most extensive sample survey of elementary and secondary schools and the teachers and administrators who staff them. The indicators measure the frequency of…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Teacher Attitudes, School Safety, Behavior Disorders
Akiba, Motoko; Han, Seunghee – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2007
Whilst school violence is a major public concern and a focus of educational reforms both in the USA and South Korea, few studies have comparatively examined the rates of school violence and school factors associated with them. Analysing nationally-representative data from eighth graders, their mathematics teachers and principals in 150 South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Mathematics Teachers, Academic Achievement
Billings, Ward H.; Enger, John M. – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that examined Missouri high school principals' perceptions of the effectiveness of various disciplinary procedures, with a focus on in-school suspension (ISS). A survey mailed to 200 Missouri high school principals elicited 159 responses, a 77 percent response rate. The questionnaire asked principals to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Saddlemire, Richard – Tips for Principals, 1990
Suggestions for principals to decrease school bus vandalism are presented. Guidelines are offered for the improvement of bus conditions, reorganization of the transportation system, establishment of a bus driver training program, and student involvement in an antivandalism campaign. Cooperation and regular meetings between students, parents,…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Gaynor, Alan K.; Clauset, Karl H., Jr. – 1984
Six causal-influence diagrams introduce a model showing the difficulties of implementing school improvement policies in such areas as teacher expectations and student behavior. The first diagram deals with basic dynamics of improvement. Cybernetics of activities to correct student achievement are revealed in a second diagram, which portrays…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Shapley, Kelly; Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny; Sheehan, Daniel – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2008
The Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP), created by the Texas Legislature in 2003, called for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to establish a pilot project to "immerse" schools in technology by providing a wireless mobile computing device for each teacher and student, technology-based learning resources, training for teachers to integrate…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Public Schools, Technology Integration, Academic Achievement
Mitchell, Coral; Sackney, Larry – Journal of School Leadership, 2006
This article describes the work of the school principal in building a vibrant learning community for staff and students. The descriptions emerged from a series of investigations into teaching, learning, and leading practices within schools that have high capacity for effective teaching and learning. These investigations demonstrated that the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Professional Development, Learning Activities
Mahieu, Paul; Clycq, Noel – School Leadership & Management, 2007
This article focuses on the good practices in three primary schools in the city of Antwerp, Belgium. First we start with a walk through the Flemish educational system and sum up the legislation concerned. After that we give a detailed overview of the pupil population of the three schools selected. Finally, the data from the interviews are analysed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Personnel, Instructional Leadership, Equal Education
Detroit Public Schools, MI.
The questions in this interview guide pertain to the Detroit Public Schools Uniform Code of Student Conduct and City Wide Attendance Regulations. They are directed to school principals and assistant principals. The questions help to determine if the Uniform Code and Attendance Regulations were disseminated, if orientations were carried out, and…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Attendance, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Legal)

Mazzarella, Jo Ann – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Two recent studies suggest that the role of the principal is indeed affected by collective bargaining, so that principals lose autonomy and take on new responsibilities. Four references are provided. (DCS)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Educational Policy
Kemerer, Frank R. – Independent School, 1979
This article, the first in a series of three on effective school personnel practices, focuses on the need for a comprehensive personnel policy statement that sets forth terms and conditions of employment for faculty members, nonteaching staff members, and administrators, and for school heads. (Author)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Performance Criteria

Rose, Terry L. – Exceptional Children, 1988
Several exclusionary discipline practices used with handicapped learners are described. A survey of 253 principals identified the variability of disciplinary practices, as a function of geographic region, community size, principal's sex and years of experience, grade level, differential rules for handicapped and nonhandicapped students, and types…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Discipline

Hollifield, John – Contemporary Education, 1992
Describes research conducted by Boston University's School of Education and the Boston-based Institute for Responsive Education. Schools (n=42) that reach out to involve families and communities were studied. The focus was activity levels/types, emerging strategies, program gaps, program comprehensiveness, evaluation, formal policies, and costs of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship
Larson, Rick – School Administrator, 1996
A Tucson principal learned that denial and traditional administrative strategies cannot mitigate evolving gang activity. He recommends that school leaders use respect; provide relevant programs; establish a zero-tolerance policy for weapons, drugs, and violence; create parent patrols; keep video records; regulate attire; welcome police; support…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines