A taxonomy of problems in the environment or evident in student behaviors which impede providing the necessary conditions for pupils to learn was developed by teachers of the educable mentally retarded (EMR) in Wisconsin. Of the teachers, 67% or 487 responded to a request to specify five problems along with their causes and successful and…

Contending that the dominant issues confronting higher education are legal, economic, and technological, the author analyzes their specific forms of rationality and argues that although solutions will require better understanding of these forms, a broader perspective is needed that does not submerge the intellectual, cultural, and humanistic…

There is a growing obsession in education with generating solutions. Educators should make sure that they know what the problems before them are; that the problems are developed at a manageable level; and that causes for the problems are identified and proven. (Author/MLF)

The agony of today's young people trying to find a place in a society with which they are at odds is described. (CK)

The materials in this volume illustrate the complexity of the problem of crime in the public schools and the political, economic, and social difficulties that surround the operation of public schools in this country. These materials also demonstrate the number and variety of school reforms that have been proposed or recently introduced to address…

Youth were found to be responsive to a survey when asked for solutions to provocatively disruptive situations. The general purpose of this study was to determine whether these expressed solutions have some useful application to the problems of disruption. Description was measured through a situational survey and a self-description form filled out…

The Consortium for Area Planning and Development was established in 1967 to implement the basic purposes of Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Consortium's first seminar was held in May 1968 and was attended by 25 project leaders, local and state government officials, technical consultants, and representatives of various institutions…

The establishment of large schools, holding up to 30,000 pupils, may solve the many problems facing educators today, particularly those surrounding attempts to achieve school integration. These large facilities would accomodate all the students in a small city or many of those in a large city and thus do away with the neighborhood school. (CK)

College business officers may be overlooking one of the most readily available resources for research and problem analysis--faculty and students. (Author)

Today's high school principal must wear many hats in the course of a normal school day, including the all-too-often unfamiliar one of counselor. Provides some practical advice for the principal-counselor. (Editor/RK)

Article provided a few suggestions that school districts might want to consider when tackling the difficult problem of employment and retention in city schools. (Author/RK)

Article discussed team teaching and new tools for planning and supervision being developed at the Pennsylvania Advancement School. (Author/RK)

This article deals with creating options for schools with staff problems. It suggests a practical methodology for helping schools fight the effects of bureaupathology. (Editor)