Units to help disruptive children--and those they disrupt--have been set up by some authorities and schools. Author looks at policies and practice in Bristol, Gateshead and the ILEA units in Reading. (Editor)

In the previous issue the author took an overall look at what has been happening to education in local authority budget-making. Here he begins a more detailed examination of two authorities: Oxfordshire and Liverpool. (Editor/RK)

Suggests the utilization of more administrative team members in the role of classroom observers. This would include the principal, his assistants, and the department chairmen or supervisors. (Author/RK)

Teachers never do finish learning. Once on the job, what learning will do them and their students the most good? This article offers some suggestions and some hopes that the discussion of ways, means, and whys will really begin. (Editor)

Most communities include people who can serve as important resources for curriculum activities. Offers a number of useful suggestions for using human resources from the community in the school. (Editor/RK)

In this report, the Commission considers a proposal by the Santa Clara Community College District to establish an educational center in the community of Canyon Country. The district was created in 1968 when the communities of Valencia, Newhall, Canyon Country, Agua Dulce, and Val Verde voted overwhelmingly for its establishment. It serves a…

This slide presentation first states the purposes of the Reading Excellence Act (REA): (1) teach every child to read by the end of the third grade; (2) improve reading instruction through the use of findings from scientifically-based reading research; (3) provide early intervention to children experiencing reading difficulties and prevent…

Outlines a proposal for structuring higher education so that both teaching and research are closely interrelated to particular social issues; for instance, world peace, urban improvement, health, or poverty. Traditional organization based on academic disciplines is considered not relevant to present research or instruction demands. (AL)

Argues that international cooperation in developing solar energy, either by collecting the energy in space stations and transmitting to earth via microwave beams or by terrestrial collection, can lead to peace between nations. (AL)

The text of the declaration adopted by the conference (see SE 506 639 and SE 506 641) for presentation to the United Nations General Assembly for ratification and implementation. The declaration is a code of international conduct which holds that all nations must accept responsibility for the consequences of their own actions on the environment…

Symposium held October 1-2, 1970 in Wiesbaden, West Germany. (VM)

A proposal for setting up an accountability program for teachers. (RA)

This article describes an urban health system in which professional responsibility can be developed in individuals trained in less than two years." (Author)