Much of the article is based on a series of interviews with paraprofessionals in Head Start programs, conducted in 1970 by the authors for the Bank Street College of Education Career Development Training Program. (MB)

Inventories the past and current national effort in programs of two to four years duration in engineering technology education, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current educational practice in this domain, and suggests directions for future effort. Statistical data, a bibliography and an index are appended. (Author/TS)

A paper presented at annual Conference on English Education, National Council of Teachers of English (8th, Des Moines, Iowa, April 1970). (Editor)

Discusses the implications of the 1968 Vocational Education Amendments in terms of vocational and technical education programs, considering separately each of the Law's major parts. (JS)

Summarizes the results of a community survey and discusses the contributions such surveys can make to education. (JS)

An account of literacy programs in Poland, with emphasis on post-World War II developments. Recounts the author's experience in developing reading materials, and describes the aims, organization, and methods as set forth in the author's Primary Adult Education Guide. (JB)

Discusses steps to follow in developing a program to meet the needs of students and the community. (SB)

Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to Industrial Arts and Vocational Education. (GB)

Comprehensive manpower planning at the national level to meet manpower needs is impossible because there is no single agency authorized to affect such a planning effort. (SB)