Noting that careful selection of assemblies can result in meaningful programs functioning as supplements to classroom learning and bridges to the community, this article describes one principal's assembly planning considerations and procedures. (MJL)

I/D/E/A's Individually Guided Program pulls together promising practices and new concepts to make a school "everything it could be", claims the author of this article. He describes the elements of this program and how a school can consider adopting it. (Editor)

The Flexible Campus Program, the author believes, has given Boston's schools system-wide innovation by offering real curriculum alternatives and meaningful, supervised, career and future-oriented'' learning opportunities that draw on community resources. (Editor)

School boards by state statutes are alone accountable for the education of their communities' youth. What's needed, the writer contends, is a rectification of the statutes so that all parties to negotiations are accountable. (Editor)

Describes the development and characteristics of the Student Assistance Program, a successful drug and alcohol abuse prevention and counseling program for high school students in Westchester County (New York). Students volunteering or required to accept counseling are abusers themselves or children of alcoholics. (PGD)

Presents guidelines for establishing a public relations program intended to help educational institutions strengthen their position in the public trust. (Author/MLF)

School systems must become more liberal in granting leaves to administrators, this principal believes. He advocates that schools exchange executive-level personnel with business, industry, and other agencies of the community to achieve horizontal growth among their respective staffs. (Editor)

Traditional ethics holds that one isn't obligated to tell everything one knows at all times. Ethicist Sissela Bok distinguishes the ethical requirement to communicate truthfully from a demand to communicate the truth. When communicating to a particular public, school administrators have an ethical obligation to provide substantially complete and…

Students benefit when educators personalize a high school by developing a sense of community. A Puerto Rico international school employed middle-level concepts (interdisciplinary teams and advisory programs) to build community. Community-minded educators develop a definition unique to their school, know the characteristics of effective…

Recognizing that the public good is a key concept for children now and in the future, educators call for discussion and investigation of public issues and student involvement in them. Cites programs in New York and Minnesota. Lists sources of classroom social studies materials. (MLF)

By working with the media, educators can turn adverse situations to their advantage and create better school-media-community relations. Nine basic rules of thumb are presented for dealing with the media, and advice is provided for keeping the media informed and for crisis management. (Author/TE)

Cooperation with industry can bring about good programs for out-of-school experiences when it meets the needs of the students. (GB)

Discusses how effective use of community volunteers can increase automation of high school administrative tasks and result in better financial school management. This will result in better resource management and better schools. (Author/MD)