School leadership in communicating to parents and students from diverse backgrounds is a problem in education that must be addressed. As the population of the United States is becoming more and more diverse, school administrators must develop new ways to reach their stakeholders. All families must be involved in their children's academic progress…

This handbook is designed to assist school administrators in the development of viable parental involvement programs at the local school level. The document's main premise is that, because of their mutual concern for children, it is critically important that parents and educators work together and that, through the combined efforts of home and…

In this two-page information review on relationships between schools and businesses, the following questions are discussed: (1) How are corporations involved with education? (2) What are the benefits to education of educational activities supported by corporations? (3) What risks are associated with corporate involvement in education? (4) What…

Describes a program designed to involve school and community persons in an action-oriented problem-solving process related to increased drug use in the schools. Results from three evaluative methods revealed that participants experienced personal learning, increased understanding and sensitivity to others. (Author)

The manual outlines the processes, policies, and actual program implementation of one component of a Minnesota program for emotionally disturbed adolescents (Project SAIL): the development of school-based therapy/intervention groups. The characteristics of SAIL students are described, and some considerations involved in providing group services…

This paper describes the use of clinical professors at Kent State University and 19 affiliated teacher educatoion centers who oversee student teachers' involvement in participating schools. The professors have the following nine major responsibilities: (1) preparing the students before arrival in the schools, (2) orienting the students to the…

The Go for Health project uses interventions based on school change and social learning theory to facilitate changes in diet and exercise behavior by elementary school children. A summary of both school and student outcomes is given, and the intervention model is described. (Author/MT)

This report discusses the Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Program (Ed-Flex), which authorizes 12 states to grant waivers (temporary exceptions from certain federal requirements) to their local school districts. The report focuses on the scope and limitations of the current Ed-Flex waiver authority, as well as opportunities for…

A look at why the school's response to today's changed political, economic and social environment has been so tardy. (Editor)

Three methods of assessing college environment (student perceptions, student self-reports, and objective institutional data) were compared by use of multimethod factor analysis, a new technique which removes method variance by focusing on correlations between rather than within methods of measurement. (CK)

Copy of complete report entitled "A Survey of the Mayors of the Fifty Largest Cities Concerning Their Role in Educational Issues, available by sending stamped, self-addressed large envolope to author, Richard W. Saxe, Asst. Dean, College of Education, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606.

Investigates effects of participation training and agreement or disagreement among teachers and principals on teachers' desires for participation in decision making, and their perceptions that participation would increase decision effectiveness. Teachers who received such training liked participating more when there was teacher-principal agreement…