The Fulton County four-quarter plan allows a secondary school to develop a program to meet the needs of each student while allowing students to participate in course selection and class scheduling. Because of the need for a quality program during the summer months, this program has been designed to meet the standards of the total school program…

Looks at the reasons why the West Oxfordshire Center of Advanced Education has failed. The Center was an example of cooperation between sixth form work and adult education colleges. (Editor/RK)

Presents highlights of the Seventh International Conference on Chemical Education as reported by a high school chemistry teacher who attended the conference. Tables showing the secondary school structure in Belgium, China, England/Wales, France, Kenya, South Africa and Switzerland are included. (JN)

Maintains that secondary schools often assign their counselors major responsibility for the gatekeeping and custodial functions associated with student scheduling. Recommends as an alternative having counselors advise students and others needing counseling while paraprofessionals and clerical personnel handle the administrative duties. (Author/PGD)

One alternate approach to school administration centers on the use of two principals, one for administration and one for instruction. This article examines the approach and offers some cautions. (Author/MLF)

Discusses a study undertaken to compare attitudes among children who became middle school pupils in their own junior school building and children who made the transition to a comprehensive school. Findings indicated that students moving to a comprehensive school were more likely to experience problems. (DB)

Examines Hong Kong secondary schools' organizational values, using the School Values Inventory. Uses LISREL modeling techniques with a sample of 554 teachers to develop a four-factor model of organizational values. Binding forces such as bureaucratic and cultural linkages and tight and loose couplings provide insights for understanding school…

A report is given on the second phase of a 3-year study on change in American high schools. Data are presented from 17 schools for two of the study questions: What types of changes are occurring and what are the key units of change? Information was collected through approximately 28 hours of interviews in each school with students, faculty, and…

This article describes a study that analyzes elementary and secondary teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the organizational climate of their school systems. (PD)

Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (53d, San Francisco, February 28 - March 5, 1969).

This booklet describes how a group of doctoral condidates at Harvard established the Clinical School Collaborative and how they tried to shape their ideal into a reality. The group wanted to form an organization which did a better job in teaching students, training adults, and pursuing research than existing institutions. They held discussions in…

Individualization of instruction is not likely to take place prior to community realization of the failure of present arrangements.

This article looks beyond class size to such specifics as teachers' load, subject electives available, subject load, and different class groupings in developing a flow chart that gives added understanding and control over the variables relating to the deployment of teachers. (Author/IRT)