The authors assert that schools need to provide better quality sports health care for high school athletes and discuss the role of the athletic trainer in reducing the incidence of injuries, practicing proper preventive measures, and maintaining a sound health care program. (WD)

From the language labs to algebra class, writing instruction is an integral part of the total curriculum at Hanover High School in New Hampshire. (Author/MLF)

Takes a tongue-in-cheek approach in outlining some postulates educators hold about the way schools work and the way students learn and are motivated, and then draws "great truths" from those postulates to explain why the schools are in so much trouble. (IRT)

Morality should be taught in public schools. Ethics, the effort to apply simple moral rules, is too complex to teach to secondary school students. Very few adolescents can apply a conduct code requiring them to weigh refined issues, apply prudence, and display considerable self-control. Most lack the necessary maturity. Includes five references.…

What's in it for you is the framework in which these authors describe the community school concept. They are careful not to claim community schools as the panacea to education's current problems, but they do have confidence in the future of the concept. (Editor)

Discusses previous litigation relevant to the case of a child suffering from "spina bifida" whose parents have brought suit against a Texas school district for failing to include catheterization in the child's individual education program. (Author/WD)

Suicide, currently the second major cause of death among youth, is increasing. Dealing with the aftermath of student suicide requires unusual interventions called "postventions." Important functions include preventing cluster suicides, reducing student isolation, and aiding survivors in the grieving process. Planning involves four steps:…

A high school principal describes the day of the terrorist attack on the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After meeting with assistant principals and the school nurse to make plans for dealing with possible repercussions, he told students what had happened, monitored TV broadcasts, evacuated the building during bomb scares, and…

Four areas of concern need to be developed as quickly as possible if significant changes are to be achieved at the secondary school level, believe members of Task Force '74. They are: citizen involvement, educating for student responsibility, alternative programs, and teacher negotiations. (Editor)

This article challenges the value of the Carnegie Unit and proposes an alternative. The basic orientation for both the challenge and alternative is derived from the concept of "quality control." (Editor)

Holding schools accountable for all the problems of society is not the key to selecting the right accountability model. (Author/MLF)