This article analyzes the identified needs of school leader training in Sweden against the background of objectives and a general policy of decentralization. Strategies designed to meet these needs are described along with evaluative comments. (Author/CJ)

An analysis of the school climate literature, based on over 200 references, uses an organizational taxonomy to organize the diverse body of research and climate typologies. It draws conclusions about common findings and summarizes methodological issues common to school climate studies. (Author/PN)

Discusses psychological characteristics of abused women including low self-esteem, dependency, learned helplessness, fear, and psychological neediness. Provides guidelines for career counseling with abused women. Basic elements include guidance regarding career opportunities, counseling for personal adjustment, coaching on job-seeking skills, and…

Explains what diagnostic-prescriptive teaching is, how it should be used in the reading classroom, and how teachers can use it with classes of 30 students. (FL)

Presents a system for differentiating skills and teaching objectives in a way that makes the underlying common components of the language arts more readily identifiable. (FL)

Recounts how a teacher used herself as a model to motivate black students to speak standard English. (JL)

School board members, superintendents, principals, and teachers in western New York identified both ideal and practical components for their districts' teacher evaluation systems. The strong disagreement of board members with principals concerning these components suggests a need for inservice training of board members and improved communications…

Lists seven steps for principals to take when terminating teachers: follow good evaluation processes, build a documented case, recommend the termination, notify the teacher, prepare carefully for the hearing, follow guidelines for testifying effectively, and accept the outcome. Expands on evaluation process characteristics, preparing for hearings,…

To assess the mental abilities of mentally retarded children, 100 tests were tried out on more than 350 German Ss and the TBGB ("Test-batterie fur geistig behinderte Kinder"Test battery for mentally retarded children") was developed. (SW)

The article describes four schools that use a continuous progress or nongraded approach to pace gifted elementary students. Article inserts present information on the Richardson Study (a national study of gifted education) and guidelines for developing continuous progress and nongraded models. (SW)

Discusses how Black children's singing games may be applied to enhance education in the areas of (1) curriculum content and philosophy; (2) teaching strategies; (3) child assessment; (4) character development; and (5) development of self-expression.(MJL)

Examined aspects of a nursing home staff's work in the application of reality orientation (RO) to confused patients. Argues that, in the application of RO and similar behavioral therapies, a clear analytic separation between patients' problems and the work of caregivers cannot be justified. Caregivers may help constitute problems. (Author/JAC)

Posits several reasons why the majority of Greek children learn to read well in spite of problems faced by the Greek educational system. (AEA)

Describes a project in which children learn about the language of film and how to use language or action to express themselves. Outlines the steps of a class filmmaking project, including brainstorming, plotting, writing, making film props, and filming the movie. (HTH)

Describes how one sixth-grade writing instructor successfully introduced writing conferences into the classroom. Discusses some of the problems encountered, how they were resolved, and the final procedures used for peer and teacher conferences. (HTH)