The work of the Federal Library Committee indicates that a group of librarians willing to work together on the solution of common problems can obtain the necessary resources and can be reasonably successful, providing they are endowed with goodwill, persistence, energy and imagination. (Author/MF)

This article suggests sources of vertical file material and the limitations and potentialities of such files, and the importance of sleuthing and pressing for acquisitions. (MF)

Urges freshmen placement examinations for efficient matching of student abilities with course requirements. (IR)

Critical reading and effective self-expression are essential to analyzing, evaluating and discussing the literature of all subjects--biology, sociology, philosophy, history etc. (NH)

Three problems discussed by panel of superintendents--(1) Teacher involves students in bond issue; (2) Parents say teacher uses "obscene books; (3) Bus drivers want to ban troublemakers. (NI)

Article showed a chart of what happens to school-leavers in Stockport. It was then discussed how this has affected the reorganization of the sixth form. (Editor/RK)

If student teaching is purported to be the culminating experience of a rather lengthy training process, should it not then approximate an actual life situation? Given this premise and the competitiveness of the student teacher placement process, the interview then becomes an integral part of gaining an educational appointment. (Editor/RK)

Describes studies illustrating how shared cultural knowledge (or lack of it) can affect reading comprehension, as well as those experiments directed to story structure. Implications for teachers and librarians are discussed. Forty-two references are provided. (EJS)

Five commonly used selection criteria were studied to determine their relationship to nine teaching behaviors of 112 preservice teachers in laboratory preschools. Results indicate that the commonly used factors for selecting and hiring preschool teachers are moderately useful indicators of certain behaviors that comprise teaching. (JOW)