The purpose of this paper is to examine the question of student needs and the role that the "Our Schools" Project plays in their satisfaction. (Author/RK)

From ten studies made in the last 50 years, it is shown that the figure for serious maladjustment is 6 to 7 percent. Analyzes four longitudinal studies to exhibit the incidence of maladjustment, qualitative differences by sex and social class, and the relation between learning failure and emotional disturbance. (RJ)

Critically analyzes explanations of reading difficulty and research methods used to investigate reading difficulty. (Author)

Study suggests that affective involvement may be positively related to academic success at the adult level while hostility may be a by-product of non-success. (Author)

Defensiveness was the major reaction of students subjected to failure on an important examination; their self ideal-self discrepancy scores changed in a downward direction after they were given papers containing failing marks. (Editor)

A successful program must be able to offer participants the jobs which they consider superior to their presently available alternatives. (Editor)

The findings suggest that the AML Behavior Rating Scale is a promising mass screening device for the identification of children who are vulnerable to school failure. (Author)