Reports research on local school taxation determinants, that focuses on taxes and local funding. Includes school tax exportability (cost spillout) measures, divides intergovernmental school aid into lump-sum and matching categories, and uses data for individual school districts rather than for aggregates of such units. Findings indicate that tax…

A team relationship between an executive and a secretary is proposed for effective and efficient organizational management. The roles of each in seven items of shared responsibility are outlined. (Author/MLF)

Historically, school finance has been concerned with three things: adequate provision, equity, and efficiency. While the first of these has been substantially achieved with free public education and a stabilizing student population, recent court cases remind us that the term "adequate educational program" has never been conclusively…

The new energy consciousness has led to a thorough reevaluation of how artificial lighting can be used wisely, while other researchers have explored the potential of daylighting as an alternative interior light source. (Author/MLF)

Use of nonbook media in schools is valuable because some content is best communicated, and some learning tasks are best accomplished through one or a combination of such media. Some learning environments and students may require use of a particular medium for more effective learning. Nonprint media has high motivational power. (Author/MBR)

A working wife and mother who is also a home economics teacher and organization president offers suggestions for managing home and family duties by deciding what activities are more important to her. (MF)

Analysis of imprint dates, average turn around time, delivery rates, service charges, average cost per title, claiming, and invoice formats for five book dealers indicates that certain ones to give greater discounts and have shorter turn around times, but these advantages must be weighed against problems encountered. (Author/MBR)

Female rape victims, assault victims, and appropriately matched non-victimized controls completed a questionnaire at several time periods during a one-year interval. The questionnaires assessed the participants' perceptions of the effectiveness of the police, judiciary, and penal system in handling several types of crimes. (Author)

Guidelines are presented for evaluating the desirability of interactive computer graphic systems in various engineering disciplines. (BB)

The Clark County School District of Las Vegas, Nevada, has increased student participation in the school lunch program, and makes a profit. Available from Educational Economics, Capla Associates, 18 Overlook Avenue, Rochelle Park, N.J. 07662; Single copy $2.50. (Author/MLF)

The second in a series of articles on low pressure sodium lighting concentrates on its use in schools for safety and security lighting. (Author/MLF)

The shift of focus from teachers to curriculum has left supervision as a field struggling to find its place within its own professional organization. This article searches for a proper definition of supervision, highlighting scientific, developmental, and democratic approaches and exploring problems of perspective and common ground. Includes 48…

Prioritizing the use of time, effective communication, delegating authority, having detailed job descriptions, and good secretarial assistance are important components of time management for assistant principals. (MD)

The study compared the effectiveness of a traditional training procedure (least-to-most restrictive prompt sequence) and a prescriptive training procedure (utilizing ongoing behavioral assessment data to identify discriminative stimuli) with four severely/multiply handicapped students (ages 11-19). Results indicated both procedures were effective…

The study assessed the efficiency of and teacher satisfaction with collection of student performance data by computers. The 20 special education teachers spent less time in measurement and evaluation and were more satisfied when data were collected by computers. However, students spent more time in measurement with computer data collection.…