The Secondary Science Curriculum Review (SSCR) was established in 1981 to consider implications of providing a broader and more balanced approach to science studies for all students aged 11 to 16 years, and to stimulate and support the development work required to enable schools to make appropriate curricular provision. This paper, addressed to…

Results of a 1979 survey of colleges belonging to the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) are presented. Objectives were to develop a file of general information about each higher education institution represented on AEL's Board of Directors, and to identify areas of particular academic strength represented in these institutions. The…

Designed for anyone facing decisions about where, how, and even whether they will use microcomputers for instruction, management, or administration, this manual emphasizes that computer technology, particularly microcomputer technology, is neither all good or all bad for schools. It was developed to discuss the pros and cons of computer technology…

A program at one elementary school served foreign students' needs by teaching language arts, as well as tutoring in other subjects, in their native language. Native English speakers studied a second language, and varying cultural backgrounds of teachers and students were emphasized and studied. (CHK)

The Youth Center Research Project studied the effectiveness of two different treatment programs with 983 adjudicated delinquents assigned by random procedures to two institutions, one of whose programs was based on transactional analysis and the other on the principles of behavior modification. (Author)

Examined are the roles and progress over the past 3 years of state councils on developmental disabilities, as established by the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1970. (Author/DB)

To clarify some dimensions of the ever-changing discussion of the ideal future and the best way of achieving it, the author describes a "contrast" institution, the Inter-University Center of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, whose four-week courses feature high-intensity eclecticism, dialectics of intellectual contradictions,…

Progress during CETA's first year of operation is reviewed. (AG)

The criteria developed by the NCTE Committee on Curriculum Bulletins for the evaluation of reading programs are presented and explained. (JH)

By stressing natural resources and environmental concepts that key on people, economics, and science, the vocational agriculture program of Centralia (Washington) High School has increased student participation and gained support from the community. (MW)

The commentary reflects similarities and differences of the United States and foreign programs presented at the January, 1975 Multinational Workshop on Adult Education (Washington, D. C.). Attention is directed to educational philosophy, concept integration, learner's role, process versus product orientation, social-cultural factors, program…