Discusses how school leaders are increasingly torn between pressures for conformity and for diversity, arguing that pressure toward conformity undermines schools' ability to respond to diversity and suggesting that school leaders challenge the confines of sameness while exploring conceptions of leadership that value differences. Four strategies…

Offers advice to schools and colleges attempting to bring their existing accounting procedures into conformity with "generally accepted accounting principles." Provides data categories for school asset lists and definitions of "cost" most frequently used in fixed asset management. (MLF)

Criticizes the ideas of the "great tradition" article (EA 519 521, this issue), pointing out that there is little historical agreement on the nature of morality, and that advocating mindless conformity to externally imposed standards of conduct is to caricature the moral life. (MD)

Vocatonal guidance for gifted students must consider the students' multipotentialities, problems with expectations, investments needed for the profession, and the role of conformity. Career awareness should begin in elementary years. The secondary vocational program should include many options, including work study programs and preventive…

Substance abuse is pervasive in both rural and urban settings. Previous attempts to educate America's youth as to its dangers have not reduced the numbers of adolescents involved in the drug culture. The assertiveness-based "Just Say No" campaign attempts to counter peer pressure to use drugs, but is hampered by our society's…

This guide presents a financial model that affects all governmental entities that issue financial statements in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The model was prepared to provide school business officials specific examples of school system financial-statement presentations. The guide is divided into six chapters.…

Addressing the underlying tension that generally exists between school-level autonomy and systemwide uniformity, the author's nine commandments include recognizing the school as the key organizational unit in public education, selecting and nurturing first-rate principals, and granting more budgetary authority to the school level. (JBM)