A combination of affective and cognitive learning, a flexibility to change as society changes - these should be what schooling results in, says a top Red Cross official. She describes some volunteer programs for youth that can help schools extend education beyond the classroom. (Editor)

NASSP's "This We Believe: Secondary Schools in a Changing Society" is acclaimed by many as one of the most perceptive studies ever published on secondary education. Because of its popularity the editors of the "Bulletin" present an outline of the study's central themes. (Editor/RK)

Authors scrutinize some of the underlying issues of career education. Disclaiming that career education can be a panacea to all the ills of modern education, they do attribute to it great potential for developing student self-awareness. And self-awareness, not job training, should be career education's primary goal. (Editor/RK)

Many school discipline problems would never occur, says this author, if an individual curriculum were developed for each student which would successfully teach respect, excellence, receptivity, efficiency in learning, critical thinking, accurate observation, and creativity--in short, self-actualization. (Editor)

Article focused on the business curriculum and what has been done to provide the student with a basic business and economic education and with occupational training. (Author/RK)

A social studies and science program, called Decision Making Man, for gifted students has been developed at Dunham Junior High School in St. Charles, Illinois. Its objective is to help students expand their awareness of the social implications of the applied natural sciences. (Author/RK)

The National Honor Societies, administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, continue to play an important role in our nation's junior and senior high schools. The author, a former director of the Societies, discusses their purposes. (Editor/RK)

High school journalism courses, far from teaching a narrow discipline, have the potential of fulfilling most of youth's 10 imperative needs, according to this author. (Editor)

The writings of Alfred North Whitehead, a philosopher who died in 1947, offer much food for thought to present-day educators. Author reviews these writings. (Editor/RK)

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)

Educators have forsaken public education's goals and their responsibility to parents and the community by substituting standardized test scores, college entrance requirements, varsity sports, and academic competition for helping young people prepare for life. Schools must involve the community in helping all students learn major life roles,…

If schools are to teach fundamental skills and attitudes to all students for success in a fast-changing world, schools will have to concentrate on teaching the basics and leave vocational courses to the post-high school institutions. (DCS)