This article suggests that the counselor be relocated at an organizational base external to the school since there are factors inherent in many school systems which influence the counselor to compromise his counseling objectives. (Author)

Conclusions are: (1) school superintendents of many school districts feel that the public schools should be responsibile for educating students about sex; (2) teacher education institutions should begin offering training in sex education; (3) the majority of superintendents feel that sex education classes should not be coeducational and (4)…

Utilizes Easton's political systems framework to analyze existing structural inadequacies and to support a number of alternative mechanisms for coping more effectively with politically energetic and ideologically divergent educational demands. (Author)

Examines the current status of school-community cooperation in the character building and socialization of youth, and makes suggestions for improvement. (JB)

Reports on the methods an architectural firm in Los Angeles uses to involve the community in planning a new school in the Watts District. (LN)

Presents a 15-year longitudinal case study of the placement of local citizens on the accreditation visiting team for Versailles High School. Examines responses to surveys conducted in 1976, 1979, and 1980 regarding the perceptions of visitation team members with respect to citizen involvement. (AYC)

Describes 70001, a national network of 38 employment training programs in 16 states. Program administrators provide training to prepare graduates for jobs that businesses have agreed to provide. Details programs in Prince George's County, MD, Detroit, and San Antonio. (JOW)

Pamphlets, bibliographies, resource collections, newsletters, visual displays, and limited telephone hotlines are examples of outreach approaches to inform the community about gifted education. (CL)

The participatory management philosophy is alive and well at numerous institutions of higher education. Results, both objective and subjective, are in evidence at many colleges and universities and lend validity to the perception that participatory management can, and does, work if properly nurtured by top administrators in a collegial…

Offers a brief biographical sketch of a retired journalism teacher with 45 years of teaching experience who continues to offer service as an information resource. (AEA)

A survey of public school supporters reveals that they attend school functions and receive regular communications from the schools. (FL)