Participants at a national conference on the school/college relationship make comments and recommendations in four areas: college admission policies, the role of testing in college admission, avenues for collaboration, and the impact of college admission standards on high school course enrollment. (MD)

Presents skills necessary for student success in college. Outlines what college deans consider solid preparation in seven subject areas: arts, English, foreign language, history, literature, mathematics, and science. (MD)

Education's past is deceptively presented as a period of calm and consensus. There was no golden age of agreement in education. Recent cacophony is a more honest representation of opinion and may be less divisive. (MD)

Focuses on social changes that the transition into a technological age is bringing about. Emphasizes the importance of English instruction as a discipline that transmits the culture of our civilization. (MD)

Outlines how the "cult of efficiency" and the "cult of deficiency" emphasize weakness and have affected American education. Points out that a new "cult of proficiency" emphasizing strengths, not weaknesses, is needed. (MD)

Satirizes management by objectives through a funny description of a new system of management by spontaneity. (MD)

Discusses recent sex discrimination cases by women seeking administrative positions. Points out that women plaintiffs alleging sex bias in such cases have a difficult time proving discrimination. (MD)

Describes a program in a Maryland high school where teachers set and evaluate their instructional goals at the beginning and end of the school year. (MD)

A program is described that successfully involves parents in their child's education at a middle school in Louisiana. (MD)

The organizational climate of a school can determine the effectiveness of school discipline policies. The establishment of a positive climate requires a commitment to shared disciplinary values by school personnel. Six such value areas are discussed in this article. (PGD)

Describes the components of a discipline record system that can improve understanding of where, when, and why problems occur and what methods prove successful for handling them. Also identifies a number of factors that affect the success of discipline conferences between administrators and the parents of misbehaving students. (PGD)

Students who chronically misbehave may respond to the field-tested anecdotal record technique. The teacher keeps a daily record of the student's positive and negative behaviors and the teacher's responses, and shares progress with the student daily. (PGD)

Proposes a model of classroom management that provides four levels of restriction--the more undisciplined a student is, the more restrictive are the measures applied. (PGD)

Presents a range of confrontational techniques that teachers can use to curb disruptive behavior by students. The techniques are organized systematically from mild, nonverbal techniques to more forceful, verbal interventions and allow flexibility in selecting the least offensive, most effective technique for a given situation. (PGD)

An edited version of federal district court Judge William O. Bertelsman's opinion in "Bahr vs. Jenkins" reveals his thinking on the courts' self-restraint in cases affecting school administrators' authority when disciplining students. The opinion also discusses, in an informal style, the rights and responsibilities of parties in such cases. (PGD)