The author, her husband, and a group of parents started their own school as an alternative to the local private and public schools. Here are some of the problems they had to endure in their first year of operation and some things that they learned about school administration. (RK)

The new president of the NAIS outlines the first five problems he will have to meet in preserving independent schools, his priorities and possible approaches for dealing with these problems, and his plan for policy development for these schools. (Author/RK)

The criminal justice system is highly dependent upon quality of its communication systems. Presents a written communication style which offers advantages in uniformity accessibility, and comprehension over existing formats. Rudiments of the Problem-Oriented System are explored within the parameters of the criminal justice process. (Author)

Discusses general ways to approach and solve engineering problems. Uses the phase plane and perturbation methods to illustrate the qualitative study of equations. (MLH)

Argues that an alliance of professional interests is the most effective way of mounting a preventative program to help children in the early stages of learning difficulties. (Editor/RK)

Recommendations for teaching problem solving stem from a discussion of the differences in the functioning of the left and right hemispheres of a person's brain. (JT)

Findings based on problem-solving research are summarized. Teaching strategies to help children become more successful problem solvers are indicated. (JT)

The writer argues that, contrary to common assumptions, certain dimensions of adult leadership require no followership. Three negative types of leadership are discussed followed by three positive approaches (discovery learning, creative problem solving, and empathy) for educational leadership in continuing education. (MF)

Second part of an article describing the use of programmable calculators to solve complex physics problems. (SL)

Crises administration makes planned, coherent administrative action difficult. To assist school administrators in solving a multitude of problems, the author advises that administrators adopt a systems approach that starts with needs assessment. (Author/DS)

A familiar Christmas song described as a second-year algebra problem is presented in "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Five strategies for solving inequalities are discussed in "Solving Algebraic Inequalities". (JT)

In spite of efforts of India's University Grants Commission to improve the quality of higher education, educational standards in affiliated colleges have remained low. This paper highlights the need for setting up Tertiary Education Centres to deal with the problems of those colleges. (Author/LBH)

If self-paced self-study is used for developing higher abilities such as problem-solving, an increased amount of teacher-student discussion will be required. Some combination of self- and teacher-pacing seems preferable, and a new hybrid scheme for achieving this is considered. (Author)

Defines and investigates a moment of inertia tensor for a quantum mechanical wave packet. (SL)

This article examines the Pythagorean Theorem from a geometric point of view by suggesting some natural extensions of the theorem. The use of a more general theorem to prove a difficult one is suggested, where possible. The article includes figures and proofs. (Author/MA)