Many students are so alienated from the world in which they soon will be required to participate that a genuine educative process must involve features that will bring about greater psycho-social maturation; for example, a farming program that would re-acquaint students with natural processes. (Author)

Examines how the objectives of alternative schools and programs relate to basic educational objectives. Considers student decisionmaking on such issues as attendance, grading, smoking, and drugs. (Author/DN)

Argues that, in a time of school desegregation, racial conflict, black protest rhetoric, and a fast changing society, there is a dire need for counselors to be aware of the historical, sociological, economic, and psychological dynamics of black American life. (Author/JM)

Asserts that courts are today handing down decisions in matters they would previously have avoided. Warns that board sovereignty and rights of local control will be protected by the courts, but only if the boards act fairly and reasonably. The author presents five court cases and invites readers to determine whether their decisions would have been…

Article contended that for minority group students the educational gap could be closed and they could function effectively in meeting the normal demands of the curriculum. The prerequisite for such results would be sufficient flexibility and patience on the part of schools. (Author/RK)

Discusses teacher-training programs, teacher evaluation by students, and summer seminars for student-teacher exchange of ideas. (DD)

Discusses the specific ingredients for leadership and the environments for developing those qualities. (RK)

Presented here is a review of court cases documenting a period of revolutionary transition in the relationships of administrators, teachers and students. (Editor)

Based on an analysis of student school records, teachers, administrators, and community citizens have developed a plan to incorporate programs designed to correct specific deficiencies in children in the early elementary grades, to constructively develop academic and social behavior by using positive reinforcement, meaningful rewards, and behavior…

A case history, and its implications, of an English teacher's attempt to institute sensitivity training and the controversy that ensued. (RY)

Article stresses the need of values clarification to give pupils experience in valuing to enable them to answer the questions that really concern them. (Author/ML)

Argues that compensatory education has failed because it concentrates on the student's failure to learn rather than the school's failure to instruct and provide experiences that make him ready to learn. (JM)

Article discusses and summarizes recent publications touching on secondary school student activism, in particular the demands for greater student involvement in planning a more relevant" curriculum. Student participation in school administration is also covered. (PD)

Girls tended to have more favorable school-related attitudes, boys to have a better academic self-image, to be better socially adjusted and to be less anxious in the classroom. Different attitudes of pupils of different social classes could partly be accounted for by differences in academic performance. (Author)