Concerned about the lack of specific inservice programs for urban school administrators, the authors of this article describe how the Danforth Foundation's program helped its 15 participants from Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Louisville during the first year of existence. (Editor)

The normal possibility of misunderstanding between administrator and student is multiplied many times if the former is white and the latter black, says this author. He elucidates the dynamics of this explosive situation. (Editor)

The series of statements here concern the administrator's role in improving instruction. Each of them is stated as a proposition that can be argued endlessly; the author is prepared to do exactly that, he says, but not in this article. (Editor)

No one would disagree that delinquency and more violent crimes are increasing in the nation's schools. To combat the grim statistics, this author has some concrete suggestions. If your school is considering alternative programs for the alienated, here are some pitfalls to avoid. (Editor)

Convinced that most educators are shortsighted in planning curriculum design, these writers take the proverbial bull by the horns and present the criteria they feel are necessary for realistic program planning. (Editor)

A unique approach to dealing with truancy gives students "instant" credit for work completed at the end of each marking period. (Author/MLF)

After outlining the problems that are besetting the family, the author lists the objectives of a program for educating students to be parents. (IRT)

Describes a comprehensive behavior management system that provides a professional base for school programs and long-term teaching efforts to produce responsible citizens. Schools can help change society's discipline-punishment philosophy by establishing appropriate administrative structure and training goals stressing openness, honesty, sincerity,…

The principal's job is to encourage and facilitate cooperation and problem solving. The team concept can be used to improve education by developing consistent processes that involve many people and ensure group development of solutions to problems. (MD)

Author suggests that the school has a moral imperative to face up to society's problems and to exercise its unique capability for being the custodian of values. (Editor)

With tongue in cheek, the author applauds the accountability advocates for their efforts. His real message comes through loud and clear. (Editor)

The author discusses scientific literacy from the perspective of a scientifically and educationally unsophisticated society. (Editor)

Reports the results of a study of the discipline alternative, in-school suspension, in which disruptive students are removed from the mainstream and placed in a specialized program within the school. Identifies four areas in which discrepancies were found between what was planned and what actually happened. (Author/WD)

Explains how to manage grievance adjudication rather than be managed by it. (Author/JM)

Results suggest that perhaps too much emphasis is placed on the more extreme aspects of student discipline when the most prevalent types of student misbehaviors are relatively mild and may actually be more dangerous to student and teacher morale than to the physical well-being of persons or property. (Author/IRT)