Discussion

 

1.  How do different family structures influence school success? What can schools and teachers do to accommodate different family structures?

2.  What role should schools play in dealing with teenage sexuality? What specifically could teachers do in this area?

3.  What role should schools play in dealing with drug and alcohol abuse? What specifically could teachers do to assist in dealing with this problem?

4.  Why is bullying more common at the middle school level than at others? Why is it more common in males than in females? What can teachers do in their own classrooms to address this problem?

5.    Most states currently have zero-tolerance policies. How would your handling of discipline problems change because of these policies? Would you be more or less willing to send a student to the office for a discipline problem? Would you mention these policies to the students in your classroom?