A basic introduction to cable television (CATV) is presented. With newly increased capacity and reduced cost, cable television offers a wide spectrum of potential uses to the community, an important one of which is in education. Schools can use CATV in at least four broad areas: instruction, in-service education, administrative communication, and community information. In this short manual basic policy is discussed and schools are advised to move early to reserve specific channels for education, to provide for connecting the schools to the cables and for necessary information inputs. A checklist for the newcomer to CATV is given. (RB)