Describes a writing program that uses lay readers from the community to help correct student writing assignments and instruct in writing skills. (IRT)

Describes the San Jose (California) Teacher Involvement Project which included teachers in building-level decision making on instructional matters. (IRT)

Describes Missouri's program for training library science students in the use of online bibliographical tools. (FM)

Presented are brief descriptions of the winning entries in this magazine's contest for existing programs to serve as prototypes for wide-scale use in elementary schools of the 1980s. Top prizes went to computer literacy, energy education, and nutrition projects. Twenty runners-up are also described. Project addresses are included. (SJL)

Over a three-year period, the teachers of Prairie High School (Iowa) wrote 1,600 videotapes that were used in individualized learning packages in several curricular areas. (IRT)

The article describes how a rehabilitation center for the blind, aware that many clients were inept in dealing with society at large, instituted an assertive skills training program to improve client skills in this area. (Author/SBH)

Special courses offered include a wide variety of subject areas, ranging from math and computer science to instruction of several foreign languages. Other aspects discussed include the teacher and program evaluation. (DLS)

One educational alternative for gifted students is Saturday programs. Ongoing programs offer instruction in such diverse areas as oriental philosophy, civil engineering, television production, and magic. (PHR)

Describes how one district mounted a successful campaign to get its budget passed after the same budget was defeated three months earlier. (IRT)

SING (Scheduling for Instructional Needs Groups) is a computer program that uses optically scanned input to produce skill grouping lists and other reports. (Author/IRT)

The Bureau of Education for the Handicapped established four institutes to conduct research and development activities for young handicapped children. Each of the institutes (at the University of Texas, the Educational Testing Service, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of North Carolina) is described, including…

The paper describes a system of hearing aid maintenance carried out by teachers of the hearing impaired in the Pittsburgh public schools. The concept of defining developmental teacher-skill levels in hearing aid maintenance is proposed and various support services for teachers are considered. (Author/SBH)

Describes a field-tested program for making students aware of and adept in skills that have brought success to business owners in their local community. Entrepreneurship education must be regarded as a complement to existing vocational and business education programs. (JOW)

The article describes VISION Foundation, a self-help program providing work opportunities for both paid and volunteer persons who are newly blind or have progressive eye diseases. (Author/DLS)