Michigan's Meadowbrook Leadership Academy supports principals in school improvement programs by providing them with professional development programs. The operation of the center was derived from a set of 15 principles for adult development and staff development outlined with the description of the center. (MD)

Describes the activities developed for the "Students with Special Needs" group of the Fairfax County Principals' Research Group. The "Research Group" has shown that principals can implement ideas that do not emerge from any other source in the school system. (MD)

The first Board of Jewish Education Principals' Center was opened in 1983 and is different from other principals' centers because of the constituency it serves. It deals mainly with supplementary school principals with widely different backgrounds; some are trained in education, some in Judaica, and some as rabbis. (MD)

An education professor draws an analogy between skipping stones on water and a principal's development of school leadership. As stone skippers think about the stone, the environment, and the act of throwing, so should school leaders consider their problem ("stone"), their school and community environment, and the way they introduce the "stone"…

Identifies three fallacies in the development of leadership training programs. Examines how principals learn and presents seven ideas for principal training academies to consider incorporating into their programs. Includes a list of references. (MD)

In Great Britain school management is often a team function requiring collaboration among colleagues. Management development has centered on training courses provided by specialized outside agencies, "club" style centers, and district or state training academies. (MD)

Outlines four criteria for consideration in evaluation of principals' centers: (1) track rates of participation, (2) compare different program content, (3) collect participant surveys, and (4) track long-term effects. (MD)

Outlines the importance of principals' focusing their school's curriculum on the development of reading skills through ideas such as (a) faculty inservice and orientation programs, (b) organization of faculty reading planning teams, (c) allocation of resources, (d) supportive classroom visits, and (e) informal evaluation systems to ascertain…

Presents results from a North Carolina survey on how principals view themselves and other principals. The survey addressed four questions: (1) the individual's actual leadership role, (2) the leadership role they would like to have, (3) the leadership roles assumed by three principals they know best, and (4) the leadership role played by most…

Traces the historical development of the contemporary dual school system that separates private and public schools in the United States. Reveals how nonpublic, religiously sponsored education predated the public schools, which were introduced in the 1830s. Points to a need to redefine the way we look at the two existing systems. (MD)

The rate of teenage drug abuse is at one of its lowest points in 25 years. The current "war on drugs" has overlooked a set of distinctions in its policy and in the discussions occurring in the schools. Presents the distinctions between use, abuse, and dependence. (MD)

Research on teaching has begun to concentrate on "product" or student outcomes. Three instructional techniques are important in the analysis of student outcomes: (1) academic learning time, (2) direct instruction, and (3) mastery learning. The author explores the merits of each, reviewing both critics' and advocates' positions. (MD)

Humanistic processes emphasize people, whereas bureaucracies emphasize impersonal roles. Although the two processes are poles apart, they can coexist in the same organization. The authors describe how humanistic processes can be implemented in educational settings. (MD)

Presents two legal cases involving high school students ("Birdsey v. Grand Blanc Community Schools" and "State v. Wolfer") that illustrate requirements for use of "Miranda Warnings." These warnings are not usually required to be provided in civil suits, or proceedings involved in administration of school discipline. In both cases the courts held…

A middle school in Virginia provides a substance abuse education program that helps middle-level students develop skills to make the transition to high school "drug free." Both school and community resources are used to maximize the education effort. (MD)