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Even though usually no one wants a strike in the schools, the trend during the last decade has been toward greater union activity on behalf of teachers, administrators, and other groups involved with the schools. The inevitable result has been an increase in the number not only of teacher strikes, but of administrator strikes as well. But usually the principals do not strike with the teachers, unless their own union is strong, as is the case in most large city school districts. During a strike, the building principal frequently is the administrator under the most pressure to keep things cool, especially if he or she is charged with keeping the school open while the teachers are out. The principal should remember that the health, safety, and welfare of the students come first. He should try to maintain good relations with the striking teachers and should not give cause for future teacher complaints, since everyone must work together again after the strike is over. (Author/DS)

Approaches to improve student achievement through improved self-actualization are attempted in the following programs: Rev. Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH; the U.S. Department of Labor's program known as the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Project Program; Denver, Colorado's New Pride Experiment; the Michigan Expeditions Program; and the John Dancy Street Academy, established in Detroit by the local Urban League. The Detroit Urban League also sponsored a book "They Made It, So Can You" by Dr. Francis Kornegay, that is supplied free to the schools. Aimed at middle school students, the book contains brief biographical sketches of approximately 80 outstanding Michigan blacks who have achieved success. Another viewpoint encourages educators to give students a stake in the schools so that the percentage of those who make trouble remains low. A third approach is that, in many cases, the doubter, the delinquent, and the dropout do not suffer from a lack of self-concept, but rather lack confidence in the school's reality to their own life situation. (Author/MLF)