Briefly describes the issues in "Powell v. Orleans Parish School Board" and discusses what the court's findings suggest regarding the responsibility of schools for supervising and protecting students involved in school-sponsored, off-campus activities. (PGD)

Discusses the importance to the teacher evaluation process of classroom observation by the principal, teacher participation, and the establishment of mutual trust between teacher and administrator. (PGD)

Presents three addresses given at a conference at the College of St. Thomas (Minnesota) by Terrel H. Bell, Scott D. Thomson, and Theodore R. Sizer on the priorities of American secondary education from a national perspective. Jean Parent, Lloyd Nielsen, and Willard McGuire respond. (WD)

Presents three addresses given at a conference at the College of St. Thomas (Minnesota) by Vincent Reed, David Frye, and Casey Banas on the priorities of American secondary education from a local perspective. Jean Dye, Neal Nickerson, and Steve Permuth respond. (WD)

Presents three addresses given at a conference at the College of St. Thomas (Minnesota) by George Smith, Anne Campbell, and Al Quie on the priorities of American secondary education from the state perspective. Charles Hilston, Joseph Scherer, and Joyce Krupey respond. (WD)

Presents an evaluation form that library media specialists, teachers, and students can use to rate their school library media center. (WD)

Describes a program in Dayton (Ohio) to train regular teachers, special education teachers, and school psychologists, counselors, or administrators to work cooperatively in planning the best mainstreaming situation for individual students. (Author/WD)

Presents a case study of team management at work in the Hicksville (New York) school district, which was based on a program for organizational renewal that incorporated the idea of developing goals by consensus. (Author/WD)

Advises principals about their responsibilities concerning the educational assessment of handicapped students. Discusses the scope of assessment, test validity and reliability, commonly used tests, assessment issues, and specific actions principals can take. (Author/WD)

Discusses the threat posed to administrators by noncertified collective bargaining. Suggests that the noncertified employees feel a strong bond with the trade unionists from the private sector and little sense of kinship with school administrators. Cites several reasons why the unions are working to change the laws governing noncertified workers.…

Introduces this special issue of the Bulletin by stressing the cooperative relationship that needs to exist between public and private schools. (WD)

Illustrates the extreme diversity of private education and defends the use of the term "private" or "nonpublic." (WD)

Illuminates the contributions of private schools, both parochial and independent, to society through the provision of upward mobility for minorities and an understanding of basic values shared by all humankind. (WD)

In examining the state's role in private education, this article discusses court cases bearing on state services to private schools, state regulation of different types of private schools, collaborative efforts between public and private schools, and emerging state attitudes toward private education. (Author/WD)

Describes the efforts of St. Paul's School in Concord (New Hampshire) to join with local agencies and public schools to provide students with practical experiences and advanced programs. For its 125th anniversary, St. Paul's sponsored a series of seminar discussions on school effectiveness that included a national group of scholars. (WD)