Notes that few school districts are taking advantage of the application of computer technology to library media services. Suggests possible applications. (FL)

Poses questions that are relevant to the division of labor in a team-teaching situation and offers suggestions for making team teaching a success. (FL)

Argues that teacher training institutes, school districts, classroom teachers, and substitute teachers need to clarify and define the role of the substitute. (FL)

Traces the development of secular humanism in education and calls for educators to present their students with a "real" picture of the world, including the values upon which the Unites States was founded. (FL)

Reviews various alternative education programs. Argues that educators need to balance the alternatives offered within a school district, giving choices to a wide range of student abilities, not just to potential dropouts. (FL)

Offers a worksheet for evaluating the readability of content area textbooks. (RL)

Discusses the advantages of using photographs in history instruction and suggests questions teachers can ask to help students analyze photographs. (SJL)

Citing the importance to students of immediate feedback on multiple choice test items, the author discusses four electronic or mechanical devices for rapid test scoring. (SJL)

The authors review some of the literature which discusses the controversy over the value of homework and then offer 11 prescriptions for teachers to follow when making homework assignments. They suggest the need for additional research into the learning processes in children. (KC)

With the assumption that theory is the most important determinant of teachers' disciplinary practices, the authors seek to clarify what is meant by a "theory" about children; to illustrate theory's relationship to disciplinary practice; and to suggest some assumptions which, in a democracy, may be embraced within theories about children.…

Notes a trend toward school-based, or school-site, management, which returns to the principal many of the discretionary powers he possessed in years past over professional staff, program changes, budget priorities, and student problems. Considerations for implementing this approach are cited. (Author/SJL)

The author traces some of the causes of the paperwork explosion in public schools over the last 20 years and concludes that, unfortunately, there is little relief in sight. (SJL)

This paper examines several unrealistic assumptions regarding fundamental purposes and expectations for public education and offers recommendations related to priorities, scope, purposes, expectations and directions for our nation's public schools. (Author)

Tips for teachers on where and how to search for state history materials. (SJL)

This article describes sources of threats to a teacher's face along with common teacher facesaving techniques, and it suggests constructive responses to teacher facesaving. The term "face," as used here, refers to the images we project of ourselves that we want others to accept. (Author)