Describes a system for dealing effectively with middle school students' learning and behavior problems through a team approach. (Author/DS)

A survey of 420 secondary school students reveals their attitudes toward school environment. (DS)

Describes the scheduling changes that allowed for program improvement at the New Platz, New York, Middle School. (DS)

Two approaches to teaching the same unit of study are described. The author favors the approach that allows for student involvement and student-centered teaching. (Author/DS)

This article briefly critiques management by objectives (MBO) as a means of specifying administrator tasks and then describes the implementation of MBO in the West Bloomfield School District, Orchard Lake, Michigan. (Author/DS)

The author advocates democratizing the teacher supervision process and separating it from evaluation in this review of the literature. (DS)

This article lists suggestions for coping with the tensions of a teacher strike. Emphasizing the central role of the building principal, the author advocates planning for three strike stages--prestrike, the strike period, and poststrike. (Author/DS)

According to this brief overview of education, the root problem in American education is that it is management controlled. The author maintains that the teacher/child relationship must always take precedence over management concerns. (Author/DS)

A 1975 survey of Pennsylvania school superintendents reveals generally high evaluations of women principals' and assistant principals' administrative performance. This article also contains a brief history of women in educational administration. (DS)

Compulsory attendance is desirable, according to the author, for the good of society and the individual, not for the good of the educational establishment. He lists five "wrong" reasons for compulsory student attendance. (Author/DS)

The author advises a cautious return to the basics through making sure that teachers in all disciplines emphasize basic skills. He cautions against curtailing variety in curriculum as a way of going back to basics. (DS)

The author defines and examines the historic context of these concepts: Americanization, the "melting pot," cultural pluralism, and multicultural education. (DS)

Describes the purpose of evaluation, what benefits can be expected, and discusses the forces promoting and hindering the use of evaluative information. (Author/MLF)

A survey of Connecticut high school teachers, principals, and other supervisors about the concepts considered important in observing a class. (Author/MLF)

A survey of teacher evaluation instruments in 32 New York school districts. (Author/MLF)