Discusses development and implementation of service programs for adolescents. Offers five suggestions to facilitate programs: (1) have clearly stated educational objectives, (2) introduce and promote the program, (3) direct activity toward school and community, (4) make activity more than career preparation, and (5) allow students to react to…

The performance of the American high school as an institution is discussed, based on a study of U.S. secondary education conducted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Attention is directed to students, teachers, the principal, the classroom, and the curricula. Field studies were conducted at 15 public high schools, which…