Outlines a broad range of organizational features that minimize teachers' ability to teach. Research findings show that the dominating motivational force for teachers is the reward found in promoting students' growth and development, but the conditions teachers work under often make teachers function less effectively. (MD)

Authors Heath and McLaughlin respond to the previous critique by Dorothy Rich pointing out that any disagreement between Rich and themselves has more to do with interpretation than intent. (MD)

Current strategies for school renewal are based on outdated concepts emphasizing family involvement in schools. The function of the family has been fundamentally altered culturally, demographically, and economically. New strategies necessitate changing school governance structures and crossing the boundaries of private and public sectors. (MD)

Depicts adolescents' lively, voluntary involvement in constructive alternatives to the counterproductive teenage ventures filling the morning's newspapers. Successful youth organizations adopt a firm and flexible approach, empower rather than infantilize youths, and have clear goals and membership rules. Many out-of-school settings share features…