NASSP Bulletin

Factors that affect learning are concisely packaged in this article. The authors then take the subject a step further by pointing out how the school principal as an educational leader can influence the improve ment of learning.

Cahn and Nolan believe that many learning disabled students can be educated within the conventional secondary school setting if the school is blessed with a knowledgable, sympathetic principal.

Gifted students are not receiving the kind of educa tion they need and deserve. In overlooking the needs of such students, Thomas states, our schools are allowing a great natural resource to go to waste. He surveys the situation below.

Social promotion is accomplishing what it was in tended to do; it is relieving the various grades of over-age, floundering students. If we are to help these potential failures, the authors contend, we must devise new educational systems.

Determined to learn first-hand what kinds of data are the most meaningful to admissions directors, these authors conducted a survey of 80 colleges and uni versities to inquire the range of acceptability of their own school transcript practices. They share the results in this article.

The National Honor Societies, administered by the National Association of Secondary School Princi pals, continue to play an important role in our na tion's junior and senior high schools. Gaut, a former director of the Societies, discusses their purposes.

What happens when a student and teacher have a negative confrontation is described in this article by the authors who also discuss what effect external assistance can have in bringing about change in that interaction.

If women are to achieve equality of opportunity in today's society, they must attain a degree of per sonal autonomy. The writer believes schools can help young women develop the necessary com petencies to reach this goal.

In the following article Cusick takes a look at the state of education, as described in the Coleman re port, and voices some personal concerns.

Parents who do not recognize problems their young sters have often become defensive, thus making it difficult for schools and others to offer assistance to them and their children. The authors outline a pro gram that involves the use of community ombuds men to help at levels where their assistance is most needed.

This article is based on a study, conducted by the author, that assessed student perceptions of hu manizing and dehumanizing factors in secondary schools.

The writings of Alfred North Whitehead, a philoso pher who died in 1947, offer much food for thought to present-day educators. McGuire reviews these writings below.

Competency-based educational programs, Bippus states, are here to stay. In the following article he describes the program underway in his school system.

The formulation of a drug policy and the implemen tation of that policy in a firm but fair manner are the responsibility of the school administrator. Hackett and McKeon give serious consideration to this responsibility.

In the following article, Tegarden takes a hard look at middle-level education—where it has been, where it is, and where it should be going.

Have you ever thought about what life would be like as a school superintendent? Despite the multitude of problems that accompany the job, Ludwig con tends that the superintendency is a position un matched in personal and professional rewards.