Describes and compares findings of two studies made a decade apart and in different parts of the country covering role perceptions of elementary school principals -- what they thought their roles actually were and what they thought they should be. (Author)

Advises principals to spend less time and effort reacting to requests, appeals, demands, and complaints initiated by others and more on becoming issue raisers themselves. (EA)

A leader in the field of education will be a man or a woman who has reflected and who continues to reflect on the values inherent in human life and on what constitutes the "good life." The principal as leader will challenge both teachers and students to seek their vision of human value and to engage in a dialogic search for truth. (Author)

Describes the experience of one elementary school principal in running a school that was eventually shut down because of declining enrollments. (Author/DN)

Asserts that the principalship is most often filled by self-selection from the teaching ranks, meeting degree requirements, attaining certification, and finding favor in the central office. Proposes eight attributes as representing potential for the role. (WM)

If principals are to succeed in the process of change then they must develop a knowledge of the factors that influence change. (Author)

A systems approach to school organization should define the role and function of the elementary school principal as a middle manager. (Author/DN)

Investigates philosophically the role of mathematics in the education of a citizen. Proposes the relevance of these issues for practical curriculum decisions. (Author/WM)

A major elementary math program is about to be launched on a national scale that will include a series of 65 half-hour television shows and some hands-on materials designed to work in conjunction with the television shows. Clinical studies will be conducted on some children in the test population. (Author/WM)