Describes a pilot program in small-group counseling designed primarily as a corrective program for junior high students with serious behavior problems. It attempts to make wholesome changes in student attitudes. (Author/IRT)

Among the findings are that students do not seem to change their perceptions of the principal's role or effectiveness as they move up through the grades and that boys are consistently more inclined than girls to view the job of being a principal in a favorable or positive light. (Author/IRT)

Before initiating change, an administrator should consider the effect the change will have on the school and the actual value of the change. (Author/IRT)

The community is a source of support that the schools have overlooked for too long. Citizen participation in school decision making can lead a school into change. (Author/IRT)

Five basic components of the emerging educational system--forecasts and assessment, program planning, alternative environments, electronics and socialization, and differentiated faculty--summarize both current trends in educational practice and the implications for schools provided by analysts of the radically different society America is…

In a story set in the future, the author presents guidelines for persons wanting to implement change in education. (IRT)

As teachers again confront the inevitable excesses of academic formalism and overly narrow vocationalism, they should keep before them a larger vision of what education should be: the function of learning is to make each individual aware both of his own human potentialities and his common humanity with others. (Author/IRT)

The Conceptual Curriculum Network is a model for curriculum planning that identifies essential aspects of curriculum planning, indicates flow within the planning process, and explains the interrelationship of essential aspects of the planning. (Author/IRT)

Describes a successfully pilot-tested planning model that focuses on the decisions that need to be made at the school level. (IRT)

Reviews the literature to find out why open plan secondary schools appear to be on the decline. The answer seems to revolve around four words: faddism, finance, faculties, and philosophy. (Author/IRT)

The fatal weaknesses of school innovations develop in the early stages of implementation. The authors present guidelines and suggestions for educators who wish to implement and maintain innovative programs. (Author/IRT)

Curricular change should be a planned process that looks at the needs of students and at the content implications of any course or program. (Author)

Describes a student center program that sets the stage for daily decision making by students and faculty. Setting priorities for the use of leisure time, fulfilling academic responsibilities, relating to authority, establishing friendships, and getting along with peers all prepare students for life after high schools. (Author/IRT)

After outlining the problems that are besetting the family, the author lists the objectives of a program for educating students to be parents. (IRT)