Title IX requires that the practice of segregating physical education classes on the basis of sex must cease. This article offers suggestions on how to ease the transition to sex-integrated physical education programs. (Author/DS)

This article contains recommendations for alleviating the major problem of student athlete injuries, including provision of qualified athletic trainers and adequate medical services. (DS)

The author maintains that schools must ignore passing fads in physical education and emphasize solid, ongoing physical education programs. (Author)

The authors review the background of competency-based education (CBE), discuss its merits and drawbacks, and cite recommendations from the National Association of Secondary School Principals. (DS)

The school administrator needs a multifaceted perspective of his role in order to guard against administrative dysfunction in five areas: specialization, systemization, socialization, synchronization, and saturation. (Author)

Stress, which is closely related to change and to illness, is a major problem for school administrators. A formula for measuring stress and some strategies for dealing with it are offered here. (Author)

Crises administration makes planned, coherent administrative action difficult. To assist school administrators in solving a multitude of problems, the author advises that administrators adopt a systems approach that starts with needs assessment. (Author/DS)

The conflict management process outlined here calls for strength development, trust building, accurate message sending and receiving, reality testing, goal setting, alternatives generation and selection, and planning for implementation. It may be used by administrators, teachers, and students. (DS)

Findings of a California secondary school survey of procedures for solving students' problems are presented here, along with recommendations for designing an effective problem-solving mechanism. (Author)

The Conflict Management Student Leadership Program, which emphasizes student involvement in preventing problems such as school vandalism and violence, is described here. (DS)

The redistribution of power brought about by collective bargaining is a major source of conflict between teachers and administrators. This article describes and reviews one school district's workshop conducted to bring these two sides closer together. (Author/DS)

The authors offer 10 guidelines intended to serve as a comprehensive and concise set of operational procedures contributing to an efficient school fiscal management system. (Author)

Guidelines are offered here for school practitioners to follow in order to safeguard themselves against tort action, which can arise from student accidents occuring during school activities, on or off campus. (Author)

The Measure of Attitudes Toward Education is described in this article. This instrument, which can be used by both educational practitioners and researchers, taps public opinion in three areas: teacher-related issues, organizational efficiency, and administrative effectiveness. (DS)

This article summarizes the results of a survey measuring attitudes of Tennessee secondary school principals toward student absenteeism. The author offers six suggestions intended to help alleviate this serious problem. (DS)