Citation

Tucker-Ladd PR. Clearing House 1990; 64(2): 112-114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00098655.1990.9955823

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Although the actual causes of alienation are complex and perhaps situation-specific, recent research clearly demonstrates connections between adolescent alienation and the school environment. With public concern over increases in teenage suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, pregnancy, and violence, schools must find ways to decrease students' feelings of alienation, if possible. Proposed here are nine interventions that address many of the issues surfacing in research on alienated adolescents' perceptions of the school environment. All nine can be implemented fairly easily; the resources are available to nearly every school in the country. There is little that we, as educators, can do about students' socioeconomic status, ethnic affiliation, or academic ability. What we can change, however, is the school setting--students' relationships with each other, teachers' relationships with students, the learning experiences provided in the school, and the attention given to student concerns.