Outlines the objectives, process, and tasks of New York State's school-based comprehensive planning system, implemented to meet accountability demands and budgetary cutbacks. Process diagrams and sample forms are included. (SJL)

Reviewed is literature on teacher evaluation. It is suggested that evaluation frequently arouses fear and activates defensiveness on the part of teachers. Some of the alternatives to resolve this dilemma are described. (KC)

The author suggests 15 ways in which teachers may improve student attitudes toward writing and teacher attitudes toward the evaluation of student writing. (KC)

This article discusses the lack of communication between educational theorists and educational practitioners, particularly in the area of administrative principles. (SJL)

This article reviews some of the issues in the debate over bilingual instruction for Spanish speaking students. It presents statements by educators and foreign-born students and notes the impact of the immigrant parents' attitudes toward English on the child's use of it. (SJL)

Suggests that content-area teachers can encourage students' voluntary reading by maintaining classroom collections of subject-related books and magazines and by providing class time for independent reading. (SJL)

The authors assert that, to promote student self-concept, a teacher must develop a positive mental image of each child. They point out positive qualities that teachers may look for and react to in four types of "problem" students: the clown, the bully, the nitpicker, and the doormat. (SJL)

The developments in electronic technologies over the coming decades will make reading, writing, and arithmetic less important skills for all of us. As more children learn more outside of school--thanks, largely, to the nonprint media--educational institutions could find themselves with less and less to do. (Author/SJL)

This article describes procedures for making effective use of the student journal in the secondary or college classroom, both as a way to improve students' writing skills and as a source of feedback to the teacher on classroom activities. (Author/SJL)

This paper discusses those things which the author believes are important in creating good schools and those which are related to effective teaching. (Author)

The author argues that accumulation of knowledge should be the primary aim of social studies teaching and that the formation of attitudes and the clarification of values should be considered incidental to that, for attitudes and values not based on considerable knowledge are idle. (Author/SJL)

Describes the Teacher Externship in Business and Industry summer program that provided teachers with first-hand experience of what today's work world is all about. Notes that teachers indicated the program would help them to prepare their students for the world of work. (SR)

Investigates current beliefs and practices of elementary and secondary teachers regarding using writing to teach mathematics. Finds that teachers indicated strong belief in the benefits of using writing to teach mathematics, yet actually used writing activities less than once a week. Notes reasons by which these instructional decisions are…

Discusses ethical dilemmas concerning "duty-to-warn" laws (the duty of school personnel to warn an intended known victim of impending harm, thus breaking bonds of confidentiality). Presents selected relevant court cases that have influenced duty-to-warn applications, and discusses AIDS and duty-to-warn. Offers working guidelines for…

Uses meta-analysis on teaching strategies research in science and finds that the so-called alternative science teaching strategies are more effective than traditional science teaching strategies. Shows that inquiry-oriented instruction characterizes the alternative strategies and distinguishes them from traditional science teaching strategies. (SR)