This monograph comprises 14 essays by practicing principals outlining their predictions and projections for the administration of schools in the 1980's. Some of the essays reflect conservative, others imaginative, thinking. However, all are based on years of practical experience in school administration and reflect the candid thinking of these educational leaders on the facts of life for education: decreasing student population, less mobile school staffs, and limited supplies of monies for operating schools. (Author/EA)