New Dimensions for Educating Youth.

Overview & Synopsis

This publication is a summary report of a national conference cosponsored by the U.S. Office of Education and the National Association of Secondary School Principals to discuss current concerns in secondary education. The report includes adaptations of general session addresses, reports on each of the 20 workshops, and articles on the general sessions for which there were no prepared texts. Topics of the individual workshops include "the exceptional child,""the change process,""community resources for learning,""the high school curriculum in response to a changing world,""articulation with postsecondary education,""education through work and service,""compulsory education,""adolescence and the youth subculture,""student rights and responsibilities,""values education,""urban education and youth,""purposes of secondary education,""job training and job placement,""delivery of guidance services,""multicultural education,""teacher education,""secondary school size and organization,""violence and vandalism,""graduation requirements," and "a design for developing a local curriculum." (JG)