Includes a model evaluation form. (IRT)

Argues for and gives ideas of how to involve more students in the activities of middle schools. (IRT)

The first priority of our schools should be to provide students with fundamental literacy skills and to provide them with enough understanding of the society so they can function effectively as citizens. More emphasis should be placed on education about the economic system. (Author/IRT)

We must begin to learn how to make more effective educational use of the several thousand musuems that exist in the United States. They represent virtually untapped resources within the academic community. (Author/IRT)

Practical courses such as typing, shorthand, mathematics, and vocational education should be included in every curriculum. So should the humanities. It is through studies of the humanities that our young citizens derive some understanding of man's past, including his moral and intellectual development. (Author/IRT)

It is to the mutual advantage of both education and business to increase their cooperative efforts in solving our nation's problems and serving our country's needs. (Author/IRT)

Regardless of where students go after high school graduation, a solid background in consumer education will help prepare them for many responsibilities of adulthood. (Author/IRT)

Any person in education, whether a teacher or an administrator, is first and foremost an educator. It is true that assistant principals have as a primary duty the handling of discipline problems; however, there are many other areas in which assistant principals must involve themselves. (Author/IRT)

A former principal recounts two court cases he was involved in--one concerning search and seizure, the other, student injuries suffered at school. (IRT)

Offers some suggestions about the selection and use of computers in the schools. (IRT)

The thrusts are to require evidence of acquisition of basic skills, institute programs for all students, hire additional reading personnel, institute viable inservice programs for teachers and administrators, solicit community support, and initiate management systems with provisions for options and alternatives. (Author/IRT)

The authors believe that more attention should be directed toward instruction in death education. (Author/IRT)

Describes the development of a program that improved communication among pupil personnel department workers in a high school. (IRT)

After reviewing the development of organizational theories, the author points out three reasons why these new ideas have not been applied in education. These reasons focus on the political environment of the schools and on the diversity of needs and demands in the schools. (Author/IRT)