Outlines a student tutoring program called SAILS (Student Assistance in Learning and Support) that helps students who have chronic difficulties in mathematics, reading, English, and with personal problems. (MD)

Describes an assistant principal's successful effort to computerize scheduling and grade reporting in his school. Outlines some of the problems experienced during the transition and the rewards that have resulted. (MD)

Building coalitions of secondary schools and businesses in order to improve education is best conducted by principals. Based on a national analysis, nine points will assist in building coalitions. (CJH)

Through greater involvement in local policy issues, business can influence public support for needed financing of education. Legislation that undercuts the next generation's employability should be challenged. (CJH)

To cope with today's tight economy, administrators can make use of their school resources through business collaboration; for example, New Jersey's Princeton Regional School District has improved its "bottom line" by developing various marketing strategies. (CJH)

The community of Battle Creek, Michigan, pays tribute yearly to outstanding educators and high school seniors at Excellence in Education Day, a program with three basic components that can be put together by other community educators. (CJH)

The Adopt-a-School program, a successful pairing of businesses with Anaheim Union High School District's 20 schools, has benefited California students through increased work exposure and career guidance. Communities have profited as well, by gaining access to a skilled work force. (CJH)

A school-business partnership between Monsanto Company and the Springfield Public Schools, Massachusetts, focuses on inservice teacher education. Seminar series equip teachers with current information on the technological revolution. (CJH)

The Adopt-a-School program, involving the 50 schools of Augusta, Georgia, has increased community commitment to public education. Assisted by business and community organizations, each school's program includes needs assessment and human resources development. (CJH)

School districts and businesses in Spokane, Washington, have formed successful learning partnerships that provide students with vocational training, also benefiting teachers and the professional providers through increased understanding of each other's roles. (CJH)

Interaction with the business world has provided schools with many advantages. Examples are technological improvements in business education and skills in personal organization. (CJH)

If schools are to be renewed, as recommended by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, it will only be with the help of teachers and principals who head the nation's schools. The teaching profession can be strengthened in five ways, including raising standards and improving salaries. (CJH)

Principals' goals of a highly motivated faculty and and effective school are not mutually exclusive. Evidence from an organizational study indicates that adherence to agreed-upon values accompanied by encouragement of individual autonomy promotes high morale among employees. (14 references) (CJH)

Many teachers adopt a "them versus us" attitude in their interactions with administrators. The principal's broader perspective on the school's program, as well as contacts outside the school, can work to a program's advantage if teachers tap into it. (CJH)

More information is necessary about constraints placed on teachers before sound classroom performance evaluations can be conducted. Results of an observational instrument utilized in South Carolina, "Describing Practices and Intentions of Classroom Teachers," isolates classroom factors associated with appropriateness of teachers' behaviors. (CJH)