Education improves an individual's and a community's standard of living. In a time when education funding is insufficient for schools to meet high quality standards, principals are in a unique position to influence their community to fully support state and local school budgets. By using data to show education's positive influence on human capital…

Based on his own experiences, this author has put together a series of questions that would help a candidate for a principalship know whether he wanted the job. (Editor)

Provides lists of indirect and direct approaches teachers can use to encourage an open and cooperative relationship between the school and the community. (Author/IRT)

Presents arguments against involving the schools in publicly or privately sponsored essay contests. (IRT)

Reviews strategic planning aspects essential to educational administration, including organizing for planning, utilizing information sources, and developing the participative decision-making process. Strategic planning clearly transcends traditional and outmoded planning procedures in its ability to upset views, identify new possibilities, and…

Founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Community of Caring fosters in staff and students an increased sense of family and family-member responsibility; demonstration of mutual respect, trust, moral consciousness, individual responsibility; and a sense of caring and helping others through community service. Program components and benefits are…

A comparative newcomer to administrative staffs is the person assigned responsibilities for working with community groups. Already subject to metamorphosis, the position is described in this article, which also points out how principals can utilize the expertise of this person most effectively. (Editor)

Persons seriously planning to implement community education, or even those who are exploring the concept, will find this article useful. The author outlines several sources of information that will help answer their many questions. (Editor)

The title coordinator today is preferred to director, the authors explain, because the principal is truly the director of the educational program that the community school embraces. They urge that this person be a member of the principal's administrative team. (Editor)

The community is a source of support that the schools have overlooked for too long. Citizen participation in school decision making can lead a school into change. (Author/IRT)

Outlines a summer computer program for high school students that provides extra time and experience on computers and familiarizes students with skills needed for the Scholastic Aptitude Test. (MD)

A host of factors may influence whether or not a school changes. With that in mind, the author cites some examples, looks at recent literature, and offers reflections on some of these factors. (Editor)

Presents guidelines for planning, structuring, and executing a productive program to target school sites for closure. Two ideals are emphasized: accomplishing the task correctly and convincing potential critics of the integrity of the decision. (Author/IRT)