The author proposes that schools should do more to develop a sense of personal autonomy in their pupils. They should do more to identify and develop the full potential and varied abilities of pupils and should pay more attention to cooperative rather than competitive values. (CT)

One method of eliminating the restrictions of the traditional classroom is the mobile seminar, a traveling class designed to provide students and faculty with new opportunities for professional and personal growth. (JN)

Recent cases in which the courts have either ordered reinstatement of dismissed tenured faculty or refrained from doing so are surveyed, and the themes that generally distinguish one decision from the other are examined. (MSE)

Seventeen individuals comment on school governance. All cite reasons for the decline of local responsibility in school administration. (MLF)

Uses the story of one student to examine the role and responsibility of the school in helping violent students. (IRT)

Child abuse education for the purpose of awareness of the problem and prevention of its occurrence can occur throughout the school years of the student. (JD)

Much that schools have attempted to perform could be better accomplished by community-based education that would link older adults and youth. Intellectual development and citizenship are uniquely the responsibility of the schools. (Author/MLF)

Argues that schools should resist, not welcome, becoming responsible for remediating community and personal failings in such areas as sex education, optimal development of the whole child, student motivation, ethnic identity, religious observances, and psychotherapy. (RH)

Investigates the viability of a negligence action for inadequate public school education. Explores the problems inherent in proving each element of negligence, the available defense, and the potential consequences for plaintiffs, defendants, and educational policy-making that would flow from judicial recognition of a cause of action. Journal…

In a response to a review of Volume VI of the Youth in Transition series, the authors discuss how competency testing can be used to improve basic education. (MLF)

The role of the university's medical service in lowering first-year, drop-out rates is based on the identification of psychological, environmental, and physical needs of the student. (MB)

An argument in favor of the "new" social studies which stresses inquiry, argument, challenge, and rigor. In a time when the guiding influences of family and religion are weakening, social studies should attempt to develop students' ethical and moral growth. (AV)

In the last of a series of articles by chief education officers, the author argues that schools must prepare pupils for a world very different from our own. (Editor/RK)

Educators who teach business communications must also assume responsibility for providing secretarial students with real-life communications experiences. (HD)

Examines the school district's responsibility in providing security during construction at school sites, including the legal liability in protecting construction equipment located at the site. Tips for managing site security as well as protecting students during construction are discussed. (GR)