On October 16, 1968, the 90th Congress passed Public Law 90-576 to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The authors of this article, in their positions in the U.S. Office of Education, have been actively involved in planning the implementation of Part F of Title I, entitled "Consumer and Homemaking Education." They present here…

Describes present and future computer assisted instruction systems developed by a systems group. (LN)

Focuses on ORT Israel, a project to develop and test programed materials for Israel's vocational high schools which successfully introduced programed instruction to that country. (LS)

An instructor-designed course to help industrial arts students express themselves in reports and in day-to-day business or industrial communications. (GR)

Cooperative effort, initiated in 1963, enables highly qualified students to earn both the B.S. and M.D. degrees in five calendar years after high school graduation. (IR)

Distinguishes between executives, administrators, and managers, and their differing training needs. (BH)

This paper focuses on the catchment area, administration, continuity of care, staffing and funding of community mental health centers. A companion paper explores the area of planning for services. (Author)

The author, one of the pioneers in early childhood education, describes her early experiences. (SP)

Vocational business education is alive and doing well. A perusal of the literature for more than a quarter of a century indicates the recurrence and persistence of some problems in programs, methods, standards, and administration and leadership. (Editor/JS)

The techniques used by Manhasset High School for student involvement in health education is a call to directly involve your students regardless of the location of your school. If students feel they are making contributions to their own education they are more apt to be interested in themselves, their communities and the world. (Author)

An approach is suggested for cooperative, regional organization to coordinate environmental education development. A meeting of delegates from 13 Western states indicated status levels of conservation--environmental education, leadership, financial problems, and proposal of a now-funded cooperative project of information exchange and program…

A comparison of urban planners and adult educators; the findings were interpreted as suggesting major differences between the two groups." (Author/SP)