Describes the successful program implemented at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis (Indiana) for increasing the participation of parents, students, and teachers in school governance. Identifies new roles performed by teachers, administrators, parents, and students and notes two dramatic results of the program's first year. (PGD)

Asserts that the quality circle management technique is an exciting and challenging way to improve staff satisfaction and the quality of service. Defines the quality circle concept, outlines steps school administrators should take to establish quality circles, and warns of possible pitfalls. (Author/PGD)

Reviews Japanese management concepts currently popular in business and education, including worker involvement, situational management, individual selection of workers, lifetime employment, and the quality circle. Suggests 10 applications of such concepts to educational administration but urges caution and recognition of the interrelationships…

Discusses the principal's role as coordinator of the school's public relations program. Touches on relationships principals should develop with individuals (teachers, parents, students, and the public) and organizations and outlines the uses of publications, announcement boards, public programs, news releases, letters, parent conferences, annual…

Drawing on hypotheses inferred from survey findings concerning principals' attitudes toward community involvement in the schools, the author suggests using principals' support of teacher autonomy and principals' encouragement of community involvement as the two dimensions of a model of school-community relations. (PGD)

Maintains that secondary schools often assign their counselors major responsibility for the gatekeeping and custodial functions associated with student scheduling. Recommends as an alternative having counselors advise students and others needing counseling while paraprofessionals and clerical personnel handle the administrative duties. (Author/PGD)

West High School in Iowa City (Iowa) has developed an American humanities program over a 12-year period that now includes six sections and three follow-up seminars. This article describes the evolution and content of the program. (WD)

Reviews the work of Madeline Hunter and its application to classroom teaching. Emphasizes the importance of incremental learning and intrinsic motivation. (WD)

Analyzes the positive and negative features of mastery learning and its place in competency-based education. (Author/WD)

In spite of what appears to be a trend toward subject-centered classrooms, many positive things happen when teachers conduct classes where the emphasis is on students and their needs. (Author)

Reviews the principal's role in instructional accountability, management systems, communications, remedial programs, teacher inservice programs, teacher recruitment, and testing. (Author/WD)

Takes stock of current achievements and problems in the Soviet educational system. Identifies issues of the present decade, including lowering the school-starting age; strengthening preschool education; and improving educational facilities, curriculum, textbooks, assessment, and labor training. (Author/WD)

Describes the implementation of a minimum competency testing program in North Boone Senior High School in Poplar Grove (Illinois). Includes eight questions to be asked in planning for such a program. (Author/WD)

Offers guidelines for administrators to follow to ensure that students are receiving a full complement of instructional time in their classrooms. (WD)

For textbook reading assignments to be effective, teachers must develop well-defined procedures for making the assignments clear and relevant to the students and their experiences. Guidelines are offered. (Author/WD)