It is the purpose of this article to provide school administrators with some new ways of thinking about the process of change in the hopes that these strategies will be used in planning and implementing change in their own school systems. (Author)

If the schools are truly to become more accountable to the public for what youngsters learn, school boards must take a new approach to policy development. They must write policies that give more freedom to staff as they nail down tighter expectations of staff performance. (Author)

Gives ten "don'ts" coming out of recent court rulings that school administrators should bear in mind before firing a teacher. Issues such as homosexuality, militancy, and insubordination are discussed. (Author/DN)

Suggests that current reading instruction and tests fail to teach or measure a student's ability to use reading to solve problems, apply ideas, detect an author's bias, evaluate personal biases, compare themselves with a literary character, or to synthesize a new idea. Suggests questions principals might consider in purchasing materials,…

Describes the management principles and the mental attitude necessary to effective food service management. (JF)

Outlines the qualifications school districts must meet to receive Federal funds for a breakfast program. (MF)

Focuses on 3 considerations when reductions in faculty positions are necessary due to financial exigency: (1) the faculty role in reaching decisions on reduction; (2) implications for academic tenure; and (3) requisite due process. (HS)

The models project the effect of personnel changes and increasing work loads into the future: they also provide a performance standard against which proposed systems can be compared. (Author/NH)

School district administrators are advised to hire a consultant to make a complete risk management study and design a proper insurance program; to work with a single insurance agent or broker; to designate a single person as district insurance coordinator; and to establish and make use of an advisory committee. (Author/MLF)

Lists specific ways that superintendents and principals can contribute to the effective functioning of the administrative group. Condensed from "Principal's Operational Briefing," June 1981, published by Croft-NEI, Waterford, Connecticut. (Editor/SJL)

This guide provides a chart describing and rating the features of eight 16K microcomputers: Apple II, Atari 800, Commodore PET, Compucolor Mod III, Exidy Sorcerer, Ohio Scientific C4PMF, Tandy TRS-80 Level II, and Texas Instruments 99/4. A glossary of microcomputer terminology and a resource directory are appended. (SJL)

Outlines a program to help restore public confidence in the schools that starts with the community leadership. Suggestions are made for principals to initiate and implement the program. (Author/MLF)