The document describes a South Carolina Study Project involving high school students in making decisions relating to their school communities. The project encouraged students to examine and evaluate the ways in which they formed opinions, made value decisions, and checked out the validity of their facts. Students were given training in using POGMA. These letters stand for purpose, objective, goals, mission, and activities, an outline for a study and research plan. Given this outline, the students studied topics such as student apathy, necessity of activity programs, and dropout rates. Study topics were selected jointly by students and school administrators. A teaching technique often employed throughout the project was that of answering a question with a question. One student might ask whether a particular statement were true and another student would respond with a question such as how one could find out if it were true or not. The program consisted of an orientation week, six weeks of research by study groups in the home community, and one week for compiling a final report. Included in the document are procedures for assembling a final report and conducting a followup, suggestions for financing a POGMA program, and a note about the use of the book. (Author/JK)