The Consumer Judging contest conducted by the Georgia Cooperative Extension Service focuses on decision-making skills. Objectives are to help teenagers (1) make knowledgeable, rational decisions about purchases; (2) maximize resources; (3) obtain goods and services reflecting lifestyles, values, and goals; and (4) be responsible consumers. (JOW)

Preliminary findings of a survey of Georgia school principals indicate a serious lack of confidence in teachers, prophesizing conflict, disharmony, and strife as teachers seek increasing autonomy. We need to alter this adversarial relationship between teachers and administrators and to redefine their decision-making roles. (Author/SJL)

Explains the complexities of promoting school change and how they can be minimized through the effective use of facilitators. Six complexities of school change are examined based on the experiences of Georgia's League of Professional Schools. Also discussed is the question of who should facilitate. (GLR)