Describes a Pennsylvania school's successful group counseling program developed to help students cope with divorce in their families. (MD)

Project CARE was developed by the West Shores School District (Lemoyne, Pennsylvania) to provide supportive services for at-risk students. It provides programs to address issues of child abuse, family crises, suicide, and student abduction. MD)

Effective school counselors must meet the challenges of predicting and planning for alternative futures. A futures perspective rests on a framework composed of five elements: guiding images, alternative choices, holistic thinking, extended time frame, and purposeful action. (MD)

Reviews the College Board recommendations for counseling for (1) students needing precollege guidance and (2) students with limited access to postsecondary education. Includes discussion of the principal's role and outlines a Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minnesota) secondary school counseling program. (MD)

The policy statement and implementation guidelines of the American School Counselor Association are reviewed for use in helping counselors coordinate career education and guidance for students in transition from school to work. (MD)

Gilbert Grosvenor, editor of "National Geographic," is interviewed about the importance of geography for Americans. He claims our lack of geographic knowledge impedes our ability to act and compete in the world market as a world power and points out that geographic ignorance extends to people employed at high levels of government. (MD)

Outlines the importance of questioning skills for teaching and discusses the topic in relation to the four basic ways of classifying questions: sophistication, cognitive hierarchy, direction (convergent or divergent), and personal or subjective. Includes four tables. (MD)

Outlines findings from a study by the United States Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement of successful school improvement programs. The findings are categorized under four stages: initiation, initial implementation, full implementation, and institutionalization. (MD)

Presents a 20-question inventory for use in evaluating listening skills. (MD)

As a result of funding cuts to education, some school districts have begun to provide funding for programs through the development of private foundations. Outlines considerations for the establishment of a foundation. (MD)

Provides five basic guidelines to be used by educational administrators in the establishment of good school leadership. (MD)

Discusses commencement ceremonies and the need to provide meaningful messages to graduates rather than a bland, congratulatory speech. (MD)

Secretary of Education William Bennett's epilogue to the 1987 United States Department of Education report on the study of education in Japan is presented in its entirety. The secretary outlines 12 principles that can be adapted from the Japanese for use in the U.S. educational system. (MD)

Presents two cases of on-campus student injuries caused by other students; school administrators' responses to the cases can help them to evaluate their understanding of liability for school security. School safety is in a state of flux, and courts are reflecting a change in public perception of the duty that schools owe students. (MD)

Discusses problems in recruiting and retaining high-ability teachers and the need to provide motivation for teachers. Provides a listing of incentives to enhance and professionalize the teaching profession. (MD)