Describes an Adult Basic Education reading program currently in operation in Baltimore County, Maryland. (RB)

Describes an individualized reading program which is designed to broaden reading interests, develop critical reading skills, and allow more flexibility in the prescribed reading program. (RB)

Describes the planning and development of a learning center at the University of California at Berkley and offers suggestions to others who wish to develop a learning center. (RB)

Determines, on the basis of achievement gains and dropout figures, that a remedial reading program at Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado, using college student tutors was instrumental in improving the reading abilities of freshmen in an open enrollment college and in motivating them to stay in school. (MS)

Describes a high school where reading is taught in every content area, including in marine biology, health, and United States History. (RB)

Provides opportunities for high school graduates to improve their own reading skills before entering the State University College at Buffalo by tutoring primary grade inner city children. (MS)

Describes an experimental Young Author's conference for secondary school students. Notes that bringing together young writers and professional authors provides incentive for writing, as well as an authentic audience and purpose. (RS)

Discusses the concept of "partner schools," which reconceptualize teacher education around a model of exemplary "practice" or "teaching" schools linking colleges of education and school districts in the simultaneous reform of teacher preparation and schooling. (RS)

Describes a reading program designed to increase factual recall without resorting to rote learning. (RB)

Examines the role of the administrator in developing and sustaining an effective reading program. (RB)

Describes eight inexpensive reading programs that can be adapted anywhere to provide materials and increase available personnel. (RB)

Reviews the literature on alternative programs for improving the reading skills of high school students. (RB)

To give English teachers specific direction in teaching reading skills to secondary students, the writers planned and implemented a reading skills instructional program. (RB)