Criticism of teachers who work among the poor is analyzed. (CK)

The advantages of centralized school systems are presented. (CK)

The creation of facilities that enable students and community members to have a place to go to for guidance and recreation has the potential of making education more relevant. (CK)

Traces the reorganization of Seton Catholic High School, the only Catholic high school in Wyoming. Discusses the roles of support groups, administration, programs, physical plant, curriculum dress code, and enrollment. Attributes success to cooperation, unity, and participation, and to factors such as public relations and meeting geographic needs.…

The principles of a sound education can be incorporated in a middle school or a junior high school. It is important that commitment be made to programs rather than to the psychological ploy of a name. (Author/MLF)

Effective middle-level schools provide students with a supportive structure in the form of relationships between teachers and students. Research has confirmed the effectiveness of team organization, advisory groups, multi-age grouping, and exploratory curricula. (Author/MLF)

A survey of 150 elementary schools was conducted to examine the organizational characteristics, not the characteristics of individual teachers, that facilitate or impede mainstreaming implementation. Individual variables were grouped into three categories--communication/information variables, administrator variables, and demographic variables. (SB)

Describes the history, organizational structure, educational philosophy, and degree programs of Britain's West Surrey College of Art and Design. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abindgon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW England. (AM)

Presents the results of a longitudinal study that identified changes in the organization of British secondary schools from 1969-1979. There were changes in grouping practices, grading frequency, the prefectorial system, sex differentiation, and activities. The results are explained in terms of an action approach derived from Weber. (AM)

Advice on ways to make the transition process from junior high to middle school easier. (Author/MLF)

This paper explores the possible influence of the student teaching experience on dogmatism, pupil control orientation, and bureaucratic orientation of student teachers. (MM)

The question of whether alternative schools and educational programs serve to "deschool" society, as sometimes claimed, is considered throught examination of what criteria define an organization as a school. (RW)

Small schools (300 to 400 students) offer a real panacea for America's educational ills. New York City's celebrated Central Park East schools lack separate buildings, but have the climate and culture for developing democratic habits of heart and mind. Smallness can facilitate governance, respect, simplicity, safety, parent involvement,…