Describes a successful inservice training program in which family day care mothers were encouraged to share ideas and problems, and to have more self-confidence. Includes a bibliography. (ED)

Project Open is an industrial-arts curriculum development effort designed to open up opportunities for West Virginia students to study the nature of technology and its effect on man and society. (Author)

Describes a reading program based on community-school cooperation. (RB)

Article described the development of European Architectural Heritage Year and its offspring, the art and life of ordinary people who give a heart and soul to that architectural heritage. (RK)

Describes a resource center of an experimental education program in which staff members show children how to find people and places to learn from in the community and how to become independent learners. (ED)

Author looked at one self-help project which has tried to deal with the problems experienced by black youth. (Editor/RK)

There is a growing need for men and women to prepare for a significant period of living after they leave the work force. This article describes a seminar approach using group processes to aid preretirees and retirees. (EJT)

These articles served to illustrate the nature of art education in England and Wales with the emphasis on experiencing art education and art in education at first hand in every conceivable setting and at every possible level. (Author/RK)

The author maintains that the Problem-Oriented Log can be used for caseworkers to help them focus more clearly on specific problems and to discuss problems with clients more openly. It also provides a reliable format for obtaining answers to questions of accountability and effectiveness. (Author)

The N. J. State Department of Education and NJEA have been cooperating in an effort to clarify many aspects of mainstreaming for schools. This article provided a dialogue combining both points of view. (Author/RK)

The conference report briefly discusses: methodology used to explore how educators can foster attitude and behavior change in under-educated people to facilitate national development; international programs; six areas of concern; and participants. The 14 case studies presented at the conference are summarized. (LH)

Described is the integration program developed at the Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired (Whittier, California) which focuses on continual preparation of the classroom teacher and administration. (Author/LS)