Establishing a district's gifted education program involves (1) building support among other administrators, (2) involving teachers, (3) planning the program through a school-community committee, (4) developing a budget, (5) having principals coordinate the program, (6) maintaining parent support, and (7) not favoring the gifted program over other…

Provides an overview of the congressional budget appropriation process. Focuses on the problems encountered when eliciting support for the National Endowment for the Arts in order to inform arts educators and administrators of the purposes of the neglected federal support for the arts. (CMK)

Thirteen author-contributed chapters focus on program design for gifted and talented students. The following titles and authors are included: "Special Educational Programs for the Gifted Are Essential--A Superintendent's Point of View" (M. Gustin); "Getting Started and Moving into Implementation" (W. Vassar); "Policy Implications for…

Although music education's quality is outstanding, it faces serious problems that teachers and administrators should work to rectify by clearly stating goals and claims, adopting student achievement standards, and avoiding emphasizing music as entertainment--if something essential to civilization is to survive. (KS)

Part of a 13-volume series designed to be used as a group inservice or a self-learning system to train school administrators and counselors for their role in career education, this second section (4.2) of module 4 (Planning) focuses on the involvement of the faculty and staff in financial program planning for shifting resources to coincide with…

This book is intended to guide school administrators through the day-to-day supervision of the special education program and to serve as a resource for handling problem situations that may arise. The first of the book's six chapters provides basic information on program management, including standards of compliance with state and federal…

This guide is intended to help school administrators and educators in Arkansas develop and maintain a strong elementary and secondary art education program. There are six sections. The first section discusses the role that the school board, the superintendent, the principal, the art supervisor, the art teachers, and parents can play in developing…

Touching on many aspects of private school management, this guide focuses on the financial management of private schools in a period of declining enrollment and financial difficulties. The author discusses such things as budgeting, economizing, and financial planning, as well as school insurance programs and fringe benefit and retirement programs.…