To retrain teachers for better performance, the author says, the teaching environment must be changed significantly. He elaborates on his theory and gives examples of his method. (Editor)

Affective skills, says the author, are too often overlooked when sizing up a potential teacher. Some helpful interview techniques are outlined here that can clarify an applicant's attitudes toward both himself and children. (Editor)

This article outlines a plan for involving the community in the orientation of beginning teachers. Better rapport and a reduced number of first-year teacher dropouts are two of the plan's benefits. (Editor)

Misconceptions of what teacher accountability really is are explored here, along with some valid expectations of the concept. (Editor)

Student teachers are a large responsibility for the host school's cooperating teachers. To avoid problems that might lead to student teaching negotiations, administrators might consider the points made in this article. (Editor)

A guidance counselor inquires into the kinds of classroom-generated personal stress which prevents teachers from teaching effectively. (Editor)

This article outlines an innovative selection program to hire politically responsible social studies teachers. The objective is to produce aware and active citizens who know how to participate in the political process. (Editor)

The writer presents a distillation of observations from her 100-page notebook that reflects what's happening in China's schools. (Editor/RK)

This study concentrated on the principal-student communications process with an examination of a number of important variables related to communications. (Author/RK)

Author says that negativism must be countered with effective public relations and discusses several program pitfalls to avoid. (Editor)

Article outlines a seven-step approach to setting up a systematic PR program and includes a quiz for evaluating your current success at PR efforts. (Editor)

The principal who puts public relations at the bottom of his priority list is short sighted and should expect his school's eventual breakdown, says an expert in the PR field. (Editor)

Article reminds us again of the basic principles of communicating not only hard facts but also feelings to various school groups. (Editor)

Author suggests ways of involving parents in a real partnership with the school. Parental involvement is a sure-fire route to good PR, he says. (Editor)

Article explores the question of community involvement as "which" community. (GB)