The report of the president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to the annual meeting of that organization reviewed progress during the last year toward several goals of the Council. (SD)

The report of the president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to the annual meeting of that organization reviewed progress toward several goals of the council during the past year. (SD)

The New Communities Project is an attempt to involve the majority socioeconomic groups of British society in adult education. (AG)

Credit course, general cultural, and continuing professional education program descriptions provide a basic structure for an examination of the future of continuing education. A large population of the participants have already been educated, and suggestions for improved university organization regarding their continuing educational needs are…

Suggestions are given for two types of programs: the general bilingual education program and the Vietnamese Refugee Program. (AG)

Article reviewed recent literature on parental attitudes and behavior related to the culture of poverty and education, and suggested ways that programs could be analyzed and developed so parents could be meaningfully involved in selecting and interacting with the educational program of their choice. (Author/RK)

Discusses the results of a Unified Program Planning and Interpretive Structural Modeling of Public and Societal Systems by a five-member planning team. Products of participatory exercises and descriptions of the implementation of the planning methodology, which uses interactive computer displays, are presented. (Author/WM)

The article questions current university practice of separating or ignoring the needs of part-time students in planning and budgeting. Available from: Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N OWO. (Author/MW)

Paraprofessionals don't arrive on the job equipped with all the knowledge and skills needed for effective service. Danish and Brock discuss four systematic methods that have proven successful in the training of paraprofessionals, and give readers some guidelines for choosing methods that are most appropriate for their own programs. (Author)

Black studies, and other ethnic studies, have had their supporters and opponents. Their place in the university curriculum needs further careful study. This discussion proposes a new phase for new conditions. (Editor)

The authors offer a sample of CBTE in action. They have worked through some of the problems and point to an optimistic future. (Editor)

Discussed the following aspects of a well-functioning family day care program: (1) clustering of homes; (2) preservice and inservice workshops; (3) consultation; (4) family day care assistants; (5) stable method of payment; (6) alternative systems; and (7) agency attitudes toward day care mothers. (Author/SDH)

Reviews the design and implementation of a direct-service volunteer program in the Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego, a private, nonprofit treatment facility for 56 emotionally disturbed teenagers. (Author/SDH)

A field program entitled Kentucky January was organized for University of Kentucky allied health care students so they could see a real world demonstration of teaching models in action. This interdisciplinary approach involved teaching strategies other than traditional classroom study. (MW)