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Examines the relation of consensus among students and parents regarding their perceptions of the school environment. Relation of perceptions to their evaluation of the school environment; Combined effect of consensus and evaluation on important student and parent outcomes; Relation of school size to consensus; Implications for practices of elementary school staff.

The article offers information about the procedures conducted in the production of an assembly program as a phase of the extra-curriculum program in which the student council may participate. In producing an assembly program, the three steps involved include planning the program, coordinating its activities, and presenting the program. Student councils may assume a great deal of responsibility by being allowed to appoint an assembly committee to assist the administration.

The article discusses issues concerning pupil participation in administering the junior high school in the U.S. One of the fundamental ideals of a junior high school is the recognition of maturing social and intellectual capacities and interest in the student. The author believes that in Providing students the opportunity for greater self-direction, it is a decided advantage to have the pupils participate in administering a wide range of problems relating to pupil conduct and general education interests.

Highlights the results of a research on a student-government program of the Davis County School District in Utah. Information on the measures used in the project; Information on the Davis County Social Studies Test; Significance of the program for elementary-school pupils.

The article examines the program of democratic school administration developed at George Ellery Hale School in Pasadena, California. The school administration used patterns of organization and administration in an attempt to provide living-learning opportunities for students, teachers, and parents. Policies evolved in the school through a belief that schools cannot prepare a dynamic living in a democratic society unless democratically administered schools provide essential learning experiences.

The article presents a study on the attitude of children towards the elementary-school student council. The study sample included three six-grade schools in a suburban community. These schools are Forest School, Linden School and Central School. The children of Grades III-VI choose the representatives to the council. Simple rules of parliamentary procedures are followed at the meetings of the council. The council makes its own rules and regulations under the adult supervision. Questionnaires with written instructions for their administration were distributed in the schools.

Presents information on how students at an elementary school formulated the constitution of a student council. Importance of a set of rules governing the conduct of the student body; Analysis of the organization and content of the constitution formed by the students; Significance of the role of the student council in the school.

The article discusses several educational areas that needed to be redesigned for a successful implementation of democratic principles in school programs in the U.S. These areas include physical environment, administration, curriculum and discipline. It reflects that most elementary school are not designed for the promotion of democratic procedures for it stifled physical freedom and further led to mental freedom restriction.

The article discusses the authors' comments on the non-congenial relations prevailing among the students in his school and an experiment that was developed to foster citizenship among those students. Careless parents do not interfere in the fights of the children until serious injuries are inflicted. The matter of fighting among the children was forwarded to the student council. They decided on a series of four lessons that may help the quarreling pupils to enter into congenial relationships with each other.