Discusses issues in program administration, with specific reference to preschool programs. Some of the issues discussed include coping with conflict, leadership, the sharing of power, and honesty. A short annotated bibliography is included. (BD)

Available from Security World Publishing Co., Inc. P.O. Box 272, Culver City, California 90230; $2.00 single copy. (JG)

Discusses how to determine the nature of a group's sense of organizational purpose and make use of it. Staff often assume they have a common purpose but may confuse mission with purpose. Leadership and periodic checks are keys to preserving power of purpose. (NH)

Questionnaires were completed by 346 randomly selected respondents (classroom teachers, elementary school principals, school psychologists, and learning disabilities teachers). Analysis revealed that educators generally had positive attitudes toward speech-language services; however, there was some confusion regarding team member roles and…

Reviews and assesses the impact and direction of the Council for Urban Studies Centres (CUSC). Discusses CUSC's overall aims, staffing responsibilities, and program accomplishments. Appendices contain summaries of consultation services, interagency projects, and efforts in the promotion of urban studies. (ML)

A campus information center is one way to formalize the total user services approach to computing, as a strategy for the distribution and use of new technology with an emphasis on end-user sufficiency. (MSE)

This study reports findings which pinpoint problems of computers in education. Maximizing their successful use in the classroom requires qualified staff, adequate hardware, and support materials. Principals must manage the implementation process effectively to ensure computer effectiveness in education. (MM)

Educators are reluctant to report child abuse and neglect because they are not sure how abuse and neglect are defined, they are inadequately informed about the reporting process, and they fear prosecution. Most states make failure to report illegal, and courts tend to support educators making reports in good faith. (PGD)

Details a five-step approach for making the first-year principal successful: prearrival information gathering, sizing up, positioning, polarizing, and accepting. (MD)

Effective internal evaluation requires dependable data for decision makers. Influences on clinical and fiscal data dependability are discussed. The focus is on organizational influences, data quality control, and staff concerns. (Author/PN)

A study assessed the services provided by paraprofessional aides and the attitudes of principals, teachers, and aides themselves toward the role of aides in classrooms and schools. Questionnaires provided data on aides' assignment within schools, relationship problems, tasks performed, and value of the services. Consensus of each group is…

This field work examines womens' participation in 50 alternative self-help support systems covering 10 states and notes that variety is the outstanding characteristic of these services. (Author/AM)

In this report, the Cross City Campaign continues to explore the district's role in instructional reform. In the fall of 2000, Cross City Campaign initiated a three-year qualitative study in three urban school districts that examined the role and importance of district/school interactions in the implementation of local instructional improvement.…

The purpose of this study was to examine the actual and ideal roles and responsibilities of assistant secondary school principals and to identify characteristics necessary for effective assistant secondary school principals as measured by the opinions of secondary principals and assistant secondary principals in Mississippi. Data were gathered…