This article discusses the continuing controversy of whole language versus phonics. It discusses both systems--how to plug the holes in them, and how to combine the two approaches, making for stronger instructional tools. The article also explains the analytic model of teaching reading. The article offers a series of recommendations for teachers,…

A public school district superintendent presents recommendations for success: use the initial interview to establish partnership with the school board, learn everything about the district, streamline and generate communications, appreciate and provide clear expectations for staff, have clear direction and goals, understand that democratic…

Principals are offered suggestions for building a positive reputation among students and parents, including eating lunch and participating in sports with students, developing activities to reward successes, being visible, involving students in helping at school, encouraging student visits for positive reasons, learning their names, and getting…

Beginning on the front cover, this article advises superintendents how to identify and gain access to the community power structure in order to achieve the community's educational goals. Five basic ways that schools may react to power are identified. (MLF)

A case study shows how the lack of administrative training can lead to career tragedy when a practitioner in a rehabilitation center for the blind becomes an administrator. The author recommends that agencies expand career development programs to remedy the situation. (Author)

Offers suggestions about how principals can avoid problems with substitute teachers, including location, selection, and preparation of subs; provision of appropriate information and materials; and evaluation. (WD)

Discusses the six steps of the PQ4R study method: preview, question, read, reflect, recite, and review, and argues that the support of the building administrator is a major factor affecting the transfer of the method on a large-scale basis. (FL)

Offers 40 suggestions to superintendents and board negotiators who find they are involved in stalled negotiations. (Author/WD)

Maintains that getting tougher with disruptive youth does not get at the causes of their problems. Urqes administrators to develop alternative programs as the most effective and humane approach to these students. (Author/JM)

Presents a team-management bargaining model, which gives school principals a more central role. The five steps in the model include contract item analysis, negotiating team membership, contract administration, strike management, and poststrike administration. (Author/WD)

The author provides the regular teacher, the department head, and the principal with tips for helping the substitute teacher. (SJL)

Offers ideas for minimizing problems connected with school newspapers. Includes a listing of the newspaper's functions; the responsibilities of the principal, the adviser, and the student staff; and general recommendations. (WD)

Offers guidelines from the chief of security services of a Maryland school district on how to handle three hypothetical disciplinary situations in schools involving fights, student drug use, and trespassers. (RW)

The article describes areas in which training should be provided to regular administrators regarding the provision of services to severely handicapped students. Areas noted include curriculum development, inservice training, consultation, coordination of multidisciplinary school services, and design of least restrictive environments. (CL)

By building in due process procedures and substantive review, a school system provides the opportunity for the teacher, the supervisor, and the administrator to work together to improve the instructional environment. (Author/IRT)