Some school leaders have viewed programs such as Advanced Placement (AP) as an attractive option to resolve the ongoing achievement gap problem. However, the ongoing debate in the field about maintaining the ostensible purity of the AP program versus diluting it with program expansion has hindered the full utilization of AP classes to close the…

What should a student activities program be? What should it provide? Who should be responsible for its organization and smooth operation? Answers these questions in a discussion of this important part of every school's total program. (Editor/RK)

Believing that the support of the principal is essential to implementing a successful music program, this writer describes the ways he feels music instruction can be made available for the "other 80 percent." (Editor)

Argues for offering service opportunities to youth in the community through participatory programs that teach them to care for others. (LD)

Internship programs are nothing new - John Dewey advocated the use of the community as educator at the turn of the century. But a program based in New York City, where students rub shoulders with leaders throughout the country, is special to its 2,000 participants. (Editor)

Chesterton High School, which has used both computer scheduling and student self-scheduling, finds the latter method produces the most satisfactory results. In response to Richard Tilwick's article in the November 1975 Bulletin (Student Self-Scheduling: An Unintentional Deception), F. Edward Wall explains why his students and teachers favor…

Interspersed among the results of a five-state regional survey, conducted in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, the authors offer guidelines for conducting a student activity program. (JW)

A six-week remedial summer school program for potential dropouts in a Wisconsin high school is described. The key factor was an attendance clause that limited students to three absences lest they be withdrawn from the program. (TE)

Problem-based learning is designed to maximize active student participation in the learning process, foster student problem-solving and self-education skills, enhance student self-assessment, increase student communication skills, and improve student abilities to access and use information resources. A Texas high school's innovative problem-based…

The students at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in Washington, Michigan, have been using a type of scheduling that allows them a choice of classes and teachers. Describes the process which consists of a pre-scheduling work-up and a college-type scheduling. (RK)

The Conflict Management Student Leadership Program, which emphasizes student involvement in preventing problems such as school vandalism and violence, is described here. (DS)

Professional development schools serve both novice and experienced teachers' needs by combining teacher education with professional development and school-restructuring efforts. Such schools are creating new opportunities for learning by teaching, doing, and collaborating. This article describes the University of Southern Maine's one-year,…

United States schools are not providing students with the mathematical background necessary to compete on an international level and become successful adults. Recently, educators and researchers have focused on learning what factors might attribute to this lack of mathematical knowledge. However, few studies have searched for answers from the…

The Reaching Success through Involvement process requires influential adult school members and student leaders to form an improvement-minded community of learners. The process helps group leaders develop leadership and learning skills, create high-quality cultures, and promote other learning groups. A study of 17 participating schools showed…

Napa High School has converted to a system of student self-scheduling instead of putting up with the frustrations of standard schedule program changes. (AN)