This study of a large New York City program found that three fifths of the patients who entered treatment had terminated before the end of the second year. (Author/AM)

Available from: Special Education in Canada, Dave Muir, Subscription Manager, 12 Doucett Place, Scarborough, Ontario M1G 3M2. Described is an approach to mainstreaming hearing impaired students which uses interpreter-tutors. (CL)

Project INISS investigated the information needs of social services staff in the United Kingdom. This paper describes the origins of the project, the methodology employed in the first phase, some findings, and implications for information services in social services. (Author/KP)

The Colleges of Education Learning Programmes Project attempts to encourate the use of educational technology in education and the training of teachers. This article describes some of its activities and gives the findings of a small scale independent evaluation of the Project. (JY)

Students in this volunteer program have scored significant gains in reading performance, self-concept, grade point average, and attendance. (IRT)

The Essential Learning Skills television project is a series of 60 quarter-hour programs for the fifth and sixth grades being produced by the Agency for Instructional Television for a consortium of Canadian and American education organizations. (Author/IRT)

Describes seven alternatives to the traditional offerings in one high school. These programs are designed to counteract student boredom, frustration, anxiety, and related causes of discipline problems. (Author/IRT)

The Arts and Humanities Staff awards money to state and local education agencies for art education programs; it also monitors the projects and receives the financial and performance reports. (Author/RK)

Kids find it easier to remember words when they can get their hands on them. (Editor) Development

The Conceptual Curriculum Network is a model for curriculum planning that identifies essential aspects of curriculum planning, indicates flow within the planning process, and explains the interrelationship of essential aspects of the planning. (Author/IRT)

Explores an exciting new international gallery--"Passport to the World"--at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana, which houses the largest collection of any youth museum in the world. (Author/BB)

This paper discusses the ways in which the Dutch National Institute for Curriculum Development impacts the Dutch educational system. It describes the way the institute carries out its development activities. Results of several studies on the impact of the institute's projects are reported. (RB)

The history of patron access microcomputers in libraries is described as carrying on a tradition that information and computer power should be shared. Questions that all types of libraries need to ask in planning microcomputer centers are considered and several model centers are described. (EM)

The Fleet Community Education Center is a working example of successful nonformal local community education. A description of the center and its facilities is provided. (ML)