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Daniel, Neil; Cox, June – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Discusses the following three approaches to educating gifted high school students: (1) internships and mentor programs; (2) advanced placement programs; and (3) the "International Baccalaureate" program in Houston, a 2-year program of academic courses and interdisciplinary activities that incorporates a multicultural perspective and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Field Experience Programs, Gifted, High Schools
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Frankfort, Phyllis R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Outlines a model business-education program developed to help stop a shortage of competent personnel in the financial services industry. (MD)
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Finance Occupations, School Business Relationship
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Griffith, Carol – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Outlines the benefits of community service programs in the schools. Provides a seven-step plan for developing such programs.(MD)
Descriptors: Community Services, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
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Winslow, Mary B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Outlines how the "cult of efficiency" and the "cult of deficiency" emphasize weakness and have affected American education. Points out that a new "cult of proficiency" emphasizing strengths, not weaknesses, is needed. (MD)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational History
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Gallagher, James J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Presents the results of a national survey conducted in 1983 that investigated teachers', administrators', and parents' preferred strategies for educating gifted secondary school students; reviews related program evaluation data, particularly as regards accelerated courses and independent study programs. (MCG)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Administrator Attitudes, Educational Strategies