Guidelines to help elementary and secondary music teachers organize activities for Music in Our Schools Month are presented. (RM)

Reports on a Kansas school district that developed an annual report for its schools similar to a corporation annual report to stockholders. Provides a set of guidelines for developing such a report. (MD)

Music is not a "frill" to be done away with in the call for a return to the basics. It is a means of cultural expression and universal communication. Music permits students to express themselves and to learn the values of self-discipline and pride of accomplishment. (CS)

Program evaluation is a process of determining program performance for the purpose of improvement. Objectives essential to an effective program are accountability, public support, legitimacy, and communication of results. As a political tool, program evaluation must involve participants in the evaluation and decision-making processes of allocating…

This fact sheet resource is packed with the latest research and information on how children and youth spend their non-school hours, how they benefit from afterschool activities and much more. Sections include: (1) Children and youth today; (2) Health and well-being; (3) Children and youth spend time after school in a variety of ways; (4) Children…

Considered the debilitating influence that inflation is having upon the arts and the condition of public attitudes and support as a result of such economic policy. (RK)

Recent data from two state universities confirm the basic incompatability of student and outside'' forces for change within the university, and the substantial but probably tenuous legitimacy afforded university administrations. (JMB)

Localized publications, in combination with a broad-based district-wide newsletter, can effectively lead to greater readership and the dissemination of more information. A well-rounded school information program will combine them with newspaper features, staff and board of education publications, departmental material and special program…

Many reasons can be cited for day care centers, but saving on welfare costs is not one of them. (Author)

Discusses the survival of colleges and universities as dependent on public support. (PG)

Presents information, denied general circulation, contained in the legal memorandums of two constitutional experts concerning financial support by the government to religious institutions. (Author/RK)