This follow-up study presents findings from 11 structured interviews that were conducted with principals engaged in a conversion from a large comprehensive high school to six small schools. Key findings are (a) the greatest barrier to improvement was entrenched instructional patterns and (b) goals of college readiness and social/emotional…

The author suggests a return to the original concept of the principal as master teacher. He describes how the principal can create a school environment where learning is inquiry oriented and students are persons. (Editor/AS)

Adopting a seven-period school day can help ease problems caused by declining enrollment in the following areas: teaching load, retention of electives, reduction of pupil-teacher ratio, utilization of facilities, graduation requirements and student interest, length of periods, and availability of time for noninstructional uses. (PGD)

Details for making worthwhile and effective changes in high schools are presented. (CK)

This study examines principal monitoring and beginning teachers' experiences through interviews. Findings indicate socializing into an ineffective school will either promulgate ineffective practices or will produce an internal conflict. At schools where principals were "all about the kids," teachers demonstrated loyalty and voiced intentions to…

The author defines the concept of humanization and offers concrete examples of how education might become more humane. (AS)

The author, who conducted a study of 18 New England academies, shares some of his findings and some insights on the role of the academy in today's society. (Author)

Describes program organizations and the scope of course offerings in high schools of different enrollment classifications. (Author)

Differentiated staffing is a fundamental change, not a peripheral one, in school personnel practices, contends the writer, who feels it gives true meaning to the phrase career ladder.'' (Editor)

During a summer retreat, administrative staff at a Columbia, Missouri, middle school discussed the logistics of moving half of their students to a new facility during the middle of the academic year. This team-building effort helped form bonds that sustained administrators, teachers, and students during a difficult year. (MLH)

Author discussed the efforts to redesign Boys High School, an all-male, academic school located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Author/RK)