Article provided a list of "Our Schools" goals, adopted by the New Jersey State Board of Education on April 12, 1972. These were written goals that were required of school districts and based on district needs. Outcome goals, statements about what people should be and become as a consequence of their school experience, and process goals,…

The New Jersey "T and E" School Improvement Process offers a unique opportunity for schools to improve arts education as an integral part of their total educational plan. A big step in the right direction is to determine how and where the arts fit in. (Author/RK)

With passage of S-1516, the new school aid law on which State support for local school districts is supposed to be apportioned for 1976-77, the deadlines described in this timetable now apply to each school district's local budgetmaking process. (Author/RK)

Article outlined the condition of New Jersey's budget with its problems, recent history and future prospects. (RK)

Effective communication and meaningful dialogue between local and state education agencies and their respective officials has proven to be a persistent problem over the years. Discusses a school in which school administrators learned to heighten understanding and increase their leadership sensitivity. (Author/RK)

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) criticizes state-mandated program-oriented budgeting as limited, laborious, inflexible, and more concerned with efficiency than with sound education. NJEA sets out its own guidelines on school budgeting, which favor the traditional line-item budget. (SJL)

Everybody connected with our schools should have a deep understanding of the laws which apply to our schools and the behavior of everyone associated with them. Article provided more than a brief glance at school laws dealing wholly with statues with primary effect on education. (Author/RK)

"T & E" (Thorough and Efficient Education) requires that New Jersey's schools set standards that will be functional and continuous. Here is an educationally viable approach to handle what has become a "political" issue. (Editor/RK)

Article looked at how the recently passed school aid program should work. (Editor/RK)

Article looked at Article II of the new "T & E" bill (thorough and efficient) on goals and evaluation. (Editor/RK)

Inservice teacher education is the logical catalyst to any process of school improvement but school board members and school administrators must insure that their forthcoming efforts fulfill three important criteria: (1) Shared decision-making responsibilities with recognized representatives of the teaching staff, preferably at the individual…

Article examined the effort of the New Jersey political system to sustain its educational development with financial aid. (RK)

A look at some of the State's 21 recommendations on high school graduation standards and NJEA's policy on high school graduation and basic skills. ( Editor)

Article considered some recommendations made by the Task Force on Economics in Career Education to the Governor of New Jersey on the style of economics teaching and student awareness of economics needed in the public schools. (RK)

It is proposed that New Jersey assume approximately 70 percent of the cost of its public schools. Several other proposals are presented, all a radical departure from current school funding practices. (BW)