The author describes a graduate-level teacher education course in individualized instruction. The course itself was conducted in an individualized mode. (MJB)

Describes the philosophy behind PUSH for Excellence (EXCEL), a program designed to increase student and community effort to improve the learning climate in the public schools. (AM)

Describes a printmaking project that has potential, not only as a design activity and for student experience with printing techniques, but also as an image-builder for the program of art education in any school. In this instance students at Woodstown High School, New Jersey, printed a calendar, but other themes may be selected depending on the…

Elementary schools that feed students after recess instead of before have reduced student discipline problems and food waste. (IRT)

The I.A.S. approach to employee development requires that one identify the skills employees need, analyze which skills employees possess, and select methods of developing the needed skills. (Author/IRT)

The use of the skip rope as a developmental tool for visually handicapped children in China is discussed, and the programs at the Shanghai Municipal School for Blind Children and the Peking School for the Blind are described. (SBH)

Two teachers, one of normal fifth graders and one of hearing impaired children, describe a combined project in which six hearing impaired students successfully participated in the regular class social studies lessons. (CL)

Systems Improvement Research (SIR) establishes a team composed of inside workers and outside consultants who jointly collect data and make plans for change. (Author)

An interview with John I. Goodlad concerning the research he and his associates have been conducting over the last eight years in an attempt to describe "Schooling in America." (IRT)

Described is the comprehensive residential program for deaf multihandicapped students at the California School for the Deaf, Riverside. (CL)

Barriers to successful cooperation include apathy, competitiveness, lack of understanding of each other's roles, and failure to involve administrators. Although successful ventures are numerous and innovative, there is a need to achieve the ultimate goal--to satisfy the needs of patrons and to enable both school and public libraries to work more…

This position paper covering the goals and objectives, faculty, students, governance, administration, financing, and physical facilities for a sixth-year program in librarianship, was adapted by the AALS in January 1978. An analysis of a questionnaire distributed to accredited library schools regarding development of the program is appended. (MBR)

At the University of Michigan, an innovative career counseling service is offered to graduate students. The Office of Non-Academic Career Counseling and Placement assists graduate students expand career options in response to a tight academic market. (Author)

This paper examines sources of two-year college teachers and looks at several of the programs currently being developed specifically to prepare teachers who plan to teach in community colleges. (Author)

Described is a zoological program which developed as a remedial effort to meet the needs of a 13-year-old boy with a history of academic failure and emotional withdrawal. (CL)