Discusses various meeting points between student and teacher, focusing on academic, moral, and affective relationships. (DMM)

Describes an approach to high school sex education that emphasizes chastity as a positive choice. (DMM)

Offers five articles by Ronald J. Cook, Mary V. Burke, Thomas G. Gallagher, Marsha Levine and Denis P. Doyle, and Richard J. Murnane that react to part I of "The Catholic High School: A National Portrait," a study of the resources, programs, facilities, personnel, and policies of Catholic high schools. (DMM)

Reviews trends in collective bargaining in Catholic secondary schools over the past 20 years. Presents findings from a study of attitudes toward collective bargaining among principals of 146 Catholic high schools in New York. Reports a more collaborative relationship between lay and religious teachers, and greater clarity on their respective…

Suggests that young people seeking intimacy often settle for sex and need to be guided toward discovering healthy, unselfish intimacy. Discusses an approach to sex education founded on Christian sexual values. (PAA)

One of the most important questions facing Catholic schools today is how can these schools meet the needs of today's and tomorrow's culture and become a living faith community. Evidence suggests that Catholic high schools have a common mission of academic excellence, faith development, and a sense of community; academic, co-curricular, and…

Six essays by William Hughes, Ricardo Jimenez, Lawrence Keller, Teresa Sullivan, Christine Vladimiroff and Herbert Walberg react to the National Catholic Educational Association's March 1986 report (i.e., "Catholic High Schools..."), focusing on: episcopal leadership; educating Hispanics; principal's concerns; significance for research;…

Reviews principles for making global concerns realities for high school students. Describes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of homelessness and the encouragement of student action to assist in the problem. Provides a list of questions to guide students' reflection on the realities they are experiencing. Lists resources. (DMM)

Poses a series of reflective questions regarding the establishment of honest moral attitudes and activity in the classroom. Urges teachers to examine the motivation and methods behind their rules of order and honesty; how they reward honesty and punish cheating; and how they promote honesty and justice through their behavior. (DMM)

Describes the process and preparation for making teacher-requested changes at Notre Dame High School (New Jersey). Narrates the planning that went into making the change to block scheduling, which includes an activity period and double-period class schedule, and discusses the impact of that change on in-service preparation for teachers. Concludes…

Reviews studies of the characteristics of Catholic high school teachers; differences between religious' and layteachers' perceptions of the role of Catholic school teachers; and instructors' concerns with the purpose and staffing of Catholic high schools. Discusses the schools' dual purposes of academic development and faith formation. (DMM)

Recounts the Nerinx Hall High School New Frontiers team's apprehension in the 1992 New Frontiers for Catholic Schools workshop, convened to write technology plans for Catholic schools. Describes faculty and student success in incorporating new multimedia technology into the curriculum, after the team developed a plan for the school. (VWC)

Describes the rebuilding process undertaken by Georgetown Visitation, an all-girls high school in Washington, DC, which was partially destroyed in a 1993 fire. Details features of the new building. Indicates that the new building includes voice, video, and data capabilities in classrooms; a new computer lab; complete Internet access; library-based…

Describes educational models developed by Good Shepard Sisters for youths with records of school failure and chronic truancy. Highlights community schools for chronic truants; the CORA-Neumann program in Philadelphia; off-campus teenage residence groups; a highly structured school and camp program; and a day school for severely behaviorally…

Discusses the research finding that the functional community base of Catholic schools is responsible for their effectiveness. Looks at the foundations of functional community (e.g., the religious nature of the schools and the commitment of their teachers). Considers parents' roles within this functional community. (DMM)