Article discussed the solution to the problem of answering the critical need for specialized services for children who were not successful in their academic life developed by the staff at Hoover Middle School in Albuquerque, N. M. (Author/RK)

Experienced in the process of student evaluation of teachers, this author suggests ways of using student assessment to best advantage. (Editor)

A principal/counselor partnership in a small Colorado high school uses a microcomputer to enhance their roles and effectively provide services for the school and students. They have developed a unique needs assessment process, a word processing program for senior letters of recommendation, and a database on gifted and talented programs. (MD)

Comparison of program budgeting with traditional budgeting systems. (SP)

Innovation insurance involves planning in order to avoid pitfalls. When adopting microcomputers, this means answering 10 preliminary questions, appointing a coordinator of computer services, and arranging inservice teacher training. (Author/JM)

Suggests techniques for planning and administering gifted programs, identifying gifted students, and gaining program acceptance. (JM)

Vocational education must do more than prepare our youth for jobs that exist today. Not only might their skills be outdated by graduation, but job training does not in itself provide a complete education. Career education, properly defined, may be the answer. (Editor/RK)

To support concepts such as teacher empowerment, school improvement plans, and site-based decision making, principals must learn how to lead or work with small groups. Each project team must have a champion (usually the principal), assigned members, a name, a district goal, desired outcomes, critical parameters, a time frame, resources, processes,…

A South Carolina high school received a three-year, $90,000 state grant to study a brain-based approach to helping students reach their full potential. Examination of faculty teaching styles and student learning styles revealed that only high achievers' learning styles matched their teachers' fact-based approaches. New programs and technologies…

Effective school discipline plans get to the root cause of student misconduct and specify expected behavior codes, values, and directives. Successful plans involve all stakeholders in their design, recognize parents as the first link to prevention, ensure access to professional development, celebrate students' positive contributions to the school…

Article sought solutions for helping delinquents overcome their problems by changing their behavior through positive interaction with schools. (RK)

Many things happen when human services education is a part of the school. Not only do the students and recipient institutions benefit, the school and community feel the good effects, too. (Editor)

Whether reluctant readers are extremely bright, average, or below average in intelligence, they pose a problem for every school. Here's an account of what one school successfully did for its reluctant readers. (Editor)

If you have considered the pro's and con's of an extended secondary school year, this article may pique your interest anew. Its question and answer format gets to the heart of the issues involved. (Editor)

An examination of different kinds of administrative structures for community education programs is presented in this article. The authors believe the models they describe demonstrate cooperative arrangements and alternative plans that are possible. (Editor)