This summary of the President's annual report to Congress describes manpower programs, employment trends, public policy, and growing productivity. (BH)

Author, with the U.S. Office of Education, describes Management Information and Evaluation System (COP-MIES) which was developed in response to the various short-comings of present-day evaluation and the specific developmental needs of the Career Opportunities Program. (Author/MB)

Author reviews gains made in the last decade in knowledge of the nature of child development and learning, and cautions against a lessening of commitment. (MB)

Reports a Federally financed countywide project to identify the causes of public neglect of the schools and to list remedies. (Author)

Concludes that a current direct expenditure program, improved in design and scope, is preferable to tax incentive grants. (Author/JF)

Discusses the implications of the California Serrano vs Priest decision for the federal aid program. (JF)

Describes a program which provided an unexpected opportunity for a group of poor elderly men to earn a decent living for the first time in years. (DM)

Focuses on the activities of an Oklahoma group which organized a corporation to help start small businesses in an eight-county area. (DM)