From a series of studies to determine the everyday problems of American teachers, this article lists five unfulfilled goals that teachers seem to share and three ways to meet them. (Author/WD)

A study of eight school districts in each of six states gathered descriptive data about public school administrators employed in 1980. This article summarizes the composite data on administrator characteristics, length of service, and results of affirmative action. Strategies for providing additional opportunities for women and minorities are…

Presents a true-false quiz and lengthy answers on current and emerging findings in school law and educational research. Focuses on the principal's responsibility for improving instruction. (Author/WD)

Questions the recent idea that students must stay in school through the 12th grade. Describes programs that have been developed in the Colorado Springs (Colorado) area to cope with the dropout problem. (Author/WD)

Describes Project Intercept in Ossining (New York), which cut the high school's dropout, absence, and failure rates by involving teachers, students, and families. The program uses four major strategies--teacher/staff inservice training, alternative academic programs, student training in social and interpersonal skills, and family intervention…

An interview with Jack A. Culbertson, retiring director of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), focuses on the field of educational administration and the future of education. (Author/WD)

Reports the results of a recent survey of 2,282 educators to determine their perceptions of the major problems facing U.S. public schools. Compares findings of the survey with those of the 1981 Gallup Poll of public attitudes toward the public schools. (WD)

Discusses the intervening years at Melbourne (Florida) High School since B. Frank Brown introduced several innovations in 1958. The major change, institution of a nongraded program, is still in effect. (WD)

Presents a fictional account of a teacher who motivates his tough, urban students by teaching them about what they are most interested in--robbery. (WD)

Actions taken by the U.S. Supreme Court in two cases during December of 1981 tend to confirm that there is a difference in constitutional standards between K-12 and higher education when determining the rights of students to conduct prayer meetings and worship services on the premises of public institutions. (Author)

Describes a study of the structure, development, activities, and accomplishments of the community councils in Region One of the Detroit (Michigan) public school system. Lists nine factors that contributed to the success of these councils. (Author/WD)

Describes transferable features of a graduate internship offered by the College of Education at the University of North Carolina to train students for the role of principal in nontraditional elementary schools. (Author/WD)

In the first of two articles, the author examines the effects of abundance on the American character, the role of the schools in a society of abundance, and the chilling effect of declining resources on both society and schools. (Author)

Presents findings of a case study of three New York City high schools conducted in 1980 to determine the effects of retrenchment. Focuses on six areas: instruction, programs, support services, facilities, equipment and supplies, and extracurricular activities. (WD)

Reviews a federal court ruling in Florida stating that minimum competency tests must be fair--that is, they must cover material that has actually been taught. Unfair tests used to determine eligibility for graduation violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitution. (Author/WD)