Dr. Carl Leonard assesses the impact of a stress management, a self-development and a relaxation technique on the quality of school life and attendance of 448 elementary school students in New South Wales, Australia. The importance of contextualising student quality of school life as a key indicator of school effectiveness and measure of school improvement, is identified. Overall, the interventions implemented appeared to have had some small impact on student quality of school life and absence; and, teacher stress, satisfaction and absence. Of particular interest were the differential effects...