Reports that five hours per week remedial work with freshmen failing the introductory chemistry course led to higher final marks than for a group not receiving remedial help. (CP)

Desegregation in the 1970's, in contrast to that of the 1950's, must involve aspects of metropolitan extent, city/county planning, biracial monitoring, minority representation on all levels, individualized education programs, and equal status for students in all school-sponsored activities. (MJB)

The characteristics, procedures and policies at Upper St. Clair High School that led to the initial investment, eventual purchase, and continual expansion of a computer system up to the present are reviewed. (MN)

An outline of the development of environmental education, selected agenda items of the U.S. delegation to the Tbilisi Conference, and federal agencies involved in environmental education is presented. (MR)

This is a discussion of some of the reasons for the high cost of health care in the United States in government programs, hospital wages, physician's fees, excess beds, too many specialists, and high technology--and some of the proposed solutions to these problems. (BB)

This article reports on the status of environmental education. The discipline is defined and its legislative history detailed. Reports of current program content, the role of science and technology, and the needs of environmental education are included. Early experience and life-long learning are considered essential components of environmental…

An experiment is described in educational program design involving the use of seventh-grade students in developing and implementing a K-6 cross-grade tutorial/enrichment program in health education. (MJB)

Peer counseling, from a black perspective, is one educational tool which might be employed with young black adolescents to assist them in making choices which would tend to enhance their lifestyles. (Author)

Examines the criteria that characterize successful preschool programs for handicapped children--programs that are coherent and that include an explicit rationale in their statement of goals, of their utilization of time, materials, and training. (Author/RK)

Provides a portrait of the young gifted child, together with issues related to identification and educational programming for these young children. (Author/RK)

Assistant Secretary of Labor Ernest Green promises a closer cooperation between Department of Labor officials and vocational educators and notes that this should result in better job training and information for unemployed youth. In this article, Green shares his observations on the Administration's attitude toward vocational education and the…

AGE's Title VI-B artists in the classroom program is providing direct services to students and helping teachers become comfortable with the arts as tools for teaching, as well as supporting the importance of the arts in their own right. (Author)

The Jefferson County, Colorado, public schools (Jeffco) have offered an arts in general education program since 1971. Its intent is to infuse the entire curriculum, K-12, with arts activities and perspectives. (Author/RK)

According to the theories of Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget young children are happiest and learn best when they are participants in the learning process. ViceVersaVision involves a concept of participatory television viewing by which young children actively take part in the television programs that they watch. (Author/RK)