It is essential that those involved in planning understand the major impacts that increasing agency regulations and growing educational expectations are having on both existing and new educational facilities. Creative professional services are available to assist districts in understanding options. (Author/MLF)

A method is described for measuring differences in grading that is free from the effects of individual student abilities and teaching quality. The analysis locates teachers on a continuum scale from "hard" to "easy" and enables the identification of possible extremes in grading that might manifest themselves in unfair treatment of students. (JMD)

Describes a technique of using the collage in teaching single paragraph and experiential writing. The collage is an exciting motivational device that helps students express their thoughts first in pictures and later in words. (CMV)

Emphasizes how to choose visuals that will best illustrate ideas or relationships in teaching science, when to present real objects, and how to use pictures in assessing children's comprehension. A review of literature related to this topic is included. (SA)

For reading specialists to play a decisive role in improving reading comprehension of young people, they must get into the classrooms. To gain this entry, they should behave in a way that acknowledges the classroom teacher's attitudes and perceptions about reading and that eliminates those practices that seem to offend teachers. (Author/SJL)

Nine rules can help governing boards address college governance problems: encourage enthusiasm in the administration; face problems early; get adequate facts; promote management, not bureaucracy; ask appropriate questions; evaluate performance; create incentives; focus on the individual campus; and deal with external forces. (Author/JMD)

The learning stations described in this article prepare older elementary students to tutor younger ones. Skill and presentation practice are combined to help tutors learn to develop materials and lessons and to serve as good models. For a companion article by Fairleigh, see pages 46-48 of this issue. (SJL)

Governing boards or their Trustee Committees should identify, cultivate, and recruit prospective trustees; annually evaluate the board and its members; and nominate officers and other committee members. A model form that can be used to evaluate individual trustees is offered. (Author/JMD)

Presents a stage-structure analysis of reading applicable to any method of reading a teacher might choose to use. (Author/MP)

Offers guidelines for the accounting teacher in planning, organizing, and controlling a successful accounting class. Includes suggestions for getting to know the students, establishing a business atmosphere, outlining material by grading periods, simplifying the grading system, student checking of practice sets, and teaching methods of finding and…

Presented in this article is a set of guidelines to follow in the selection of a science textbook. Instructions on how to examine textbooks are given. Topics considered are types of experiments, appropriateness of content, definition of concepts, meaningful activities, sequence, reading level, eye appeal, and safety. (SA)

Suggestions are given for dealing with "senioritis" in high school students. These include offering college-level courses at a reduced cost. A description of introducing the college freshman biology course at Syracuse University into a high school program is given, with guidelines to promote success. (Author/SA)

Management by objectives (MBO), a participative management process, is discussed with specific reference to helping small colleges deal with enrollment and financial decline. Recommendations for implementation of MBO and some common pitfalls to be avoided are included. (BH)

Describes the history, rules and regulations, organizational chart, and accomplishments of Maryland's full state funding of school construction. Recommendations are made for other states. (MLF)

Changes in the organization and delivery of health care services have created the need for health education to include training in patient education, consumer advocacy, health planning, occupational health, training and continuing education, team-building, organizational development, and administration. (JD)