A number of innovative recruitment publications are described and addresses for sample copies are provided. It is suggested that good publications, long an important recruiting tool, are especially necessary with today's declining enrollments and rising printing costs. (MLW)

A superintendent questions a reporter about newspaper coverage of the schools. (IRT)

Suggests ways that teachers can develop activities for March, Youth Art Month, which will focus public attention on the values of art education. (Author/SJL)

The business and technical writing teachers at Iowa State University conducted a public relations campaign within their English department to gain respectability, understanding, and acceptance from their English department colleagues. Their campaign included examples of student work, lists of their course objectives, and explanations of business…

Suggestions are made for publicizing health programs and activities in the community through the use of newspapers and other publications, radio and television, exhibits, contests, luncheons and banquets, and personal communication. (JD)

Describes some innovative public relations practices developed by Pennsylvania elementary schools. (SJL)

Lists comments from nine people who reacted to the term "English teacher." Indicates that the public does not want to hear jargon, excuses, and theories about educational problems, but wants instead a renewed commitment to teaching specific communication skills. (RL)

Describes the program the Michigan department of education mounted to improve the way in which the media report the results of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, a program that tests the basic skills of all fourth-, seventh-, and tenth-grade students each year. (IRT)

The need for an active public relations program for physical education is expressed, and a brief history of promotional activities generating public support is given. (LH)

Performances given by college dancers as part of a traveling troup are beneficial public relations activities for dance and for the college and are educationally beneficial for the school audiences. (LH)

Statements are presented from four national organizations regarding their efforts to raise community awareness of issues affecting individuals with disabilities, and an editorial titled "Action for the '80s" addresses the issue of including disabled individuals in all aspects of family and community life. (SBH)

A guide to current sources of information for campus public relations and information specialists is presented. Organizations such as the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) are included, as well as books and periodicals. (JMF)

Contends that good, highly visible adult education programs can increase public confidence in the schools. (JM)

Describes school workshops in which parents and their children work together on learning activities designed to familiarize parents with what goes on in the school. (JM)

One of a series of four articles on public relations for independent schools, this article describes a television special which was filmed at Portsmouth Abbey School by the producer of the "Look Up and Live" Sunday morning series of the Religious and Cultural Affairs Department of CBS News. (KC)