This paper has two purposes: First, we describe the components of the Student Ownership, Accountability, and Responsibility for School Safety (SOARS) framework in the context of the literature on school safety. Second, we offer outcomes from a pilot study testing the framework's impact on student perceptions of: (1) school belonging; (2) sense of…

Offers suggestions about using microcomputers for school administration and lists hidden costs of computerization, including administrator time, consultants, machine maintenance, backup systems, appropriate furniture, insurance, and staff training. (JM)

Offers suggestions for using computers to institute an innovative, creative school schedule that allows for flexibility in the curriculum. (Author/WD)

Secondary school administrators can use local community colleges as resources in several ways: as showplaces of diverse uses for computers, links to the needs of business regarding computing skills, participants in concurrent enrollment programs, and providers of staff development courses and computing services. (Author/JM)

This article, the first in a series on administrative uses of microcomputers, describes steps to follow in selecting a microcomputer system, methods for resolving concerns facing beginning computer users, and ways to identify tasks suitable for computer processing. (PGD)

This article, the third in a series, provides a list of criteria to be used in evaluating administrative software. Some general guidelines are provided, followed by 30 questions that should be asked concerning documentation, input, processing, output, and other areas. (DCS)

Dicusses Modesto City (California) Schools' successful planning process for integrating a computer education program into the curriculum. Planning focused on six basic questions the district asks about any curriculum area reviewed. Generic skills needed for decision-making and other academic and occupational pursuits were targeted. (MLH)

Some computer education goals, such as computer-assisted instruction, are very expensive and difficult to meet. Programing, computer literacy, and word processing are less expensive computer education areas, and programs are easier to implement. (PGD)

Purchasing an inhouse computer system does not have to be a nightmare if you are aware of the obstacles and know how to overcome them. (Author/JM)

Instructional minicomputers can be used for registration and scheduling as well as teaching, say these writers who also explain how. (Author/JM)

Many schools lag far behind the technology curve in making optimal administrative use of computers. This article provides a 10-item test to help administrators gauge their school's efficiency in this area. (MLH)

A Vermont high school has developed a series of graduate-level inservice courses to introduce teachers to computers in a systematic, cost-effective way. Course offerings include software evaluation, computer literacy, educational uses of the computer, LOGO, and BASIC. (TE)

An inhouse student scheduling and information system facilitated the successful reorganization of a Massachusetts high school to a four-year program. (MJL)

Reviews specific administrative tasks that can be computerized. Provides criteria for selection of software programs. (MD)

Predicts that the availability of computers and demands for competency testing could drastically alter the character and uses of standardized testing by the end of the century. Warns administrators to begin preparing for the future in order to prevent misuse of the new computer capabilities. (PGD)