Outlines money management ideas for the community college. (IRT)

This article criticizes the California Council on the Education of Teachers for having too narrow a base of representatives and suggests that more teachers and those actively engaged in the schools be included as delegates to the meetings. (JD)

Discusses the role of educational administration in the context of the changing social times. (AM)

The principal concern here is to unearth the critical dimensions or elements in the modernization or development process. Narrow and counter-productive conceptions of development are analyzed and the historical antecedents of modern national development are examined as a means of comprehending the nature of the problems to be solved if…

The author discusses planning for a broader base in industrial arts education and for revised methods of teaching/learning. He says that the method of teaching is a key element and that students should learn how to learn, not just the materials and tools skills. (MF)

To prepare school professional personnel to design and/or function within a system for systematic planning requires preparation programs that will provide them with more sophisticated planning skills that are typically found in current educational programs. (Author/MLF)

Describes a typical North American modular course system and shows how that system provides both flexibility and facilities for general education. This system is then compared to some of the limited number of such systems operating in Britain. (VT)

This paper deals with a possible way of separating six modes of needs assessment (Kaufman, 1972) into two types. The most common, internal, looks at needs from within the organization, and external needs assessment looks at needs from the outside of the organization doing the study. (VT)

The use of Educational Cognitive Style Mapping (a symbolic orientation set of cultural determinants, modalities of inference, and memory) for individual students enables the educator to design and implement instructional settings based upon learner strengths. (MJB)

At the present time, the soundest instructional approach in helping students to clarify their attitudes and behaviors toward alcohol use/abuse is to separate it from other components of drug education and treat it as a separate subject area. (MJB)

In an authoritarian state, visitors are as controlled as are the local inhabitants. This report by an educator, an elementary teacher from Urbana, Illinois, offers some critical comments on Cuban education. (Editor/RK)

Educational programs for rural working populations must be developed and evaluated with an awareness of the progress of economic development in those areas. (AV)

A collection of activities is presented for teachers to help students explore the schooling process, from the overall organization of the school district to the daily aspects of learning in the classroom. (CB)

Presents a systems theory approach to strategic planning and a framework for conceptualizing and managing the process more effectively. Reviews problems in past strategic planning efforts, presents a synopsis of systems theory, and applies the systems approach to planning and decision-making processes. Includes two figures and 26 references. (MLH)

The superintendent of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, school district discusses the school improvement plan he has implemented in the Pittsburgh schools since 1981. (MD)