Must committees always "keep minutes and waste hours"? How can group work be made more effective? This guide for group leaders emphasizes that people can develop the abilities needed to work productively in groups. But how are these essential skills and understandings acquired? Described in detail in this volume are specific programs and activities for improving the effectiveness of school groups, from classroom to board of education. But the word "educational" in the title is broadly conceived. What the author says here about getting, work done in school holds, for most other small groups with jobs to get done.