Offers practical suggestions for teacher involvement in the planning of staff development programs. Teachers, as members of the staff development committee, should participate in identifying and ranking needs and designing a plan of action. (Author/WD)

Describes a course developed to provide female students training for administrative careers. It is designed to increase self-confidence, produce short and long term career goals, and help participants move into administrative positions. (MD)

The application of an educational planning model designed for involving a representative sample of school patrons in decision making is described with reference to the case of Gilbert, Arizona. The article focuses on the first of the model's three phases: prioritizing goals, curriculum development, and program design and evaluation. (MJL)

The author of "A Study of Schooling," following up an article in the March "Phi Delta Kappan," notes the noncorrelation of school satisfaction with teaching methods or curriculum; discusses educational goals; examines schools' concentration on noneducational factors; and recommends changes in goal-setting, school-level…

Agrees with the Carnegie report that schools must be rebuilt, rather than merely repaired. Describes the organizational structure and six common principles of the Coalition of Essential Schools; gives examples of working, experimental school programs; and describes several studies currently being prepared. Eleven footnotes are appended. (IW)