Since this article is limited to the discussion of improved educational opportunities for Spanish surnamed children and youth in California, author focused on the efforts of the State Department of Education to meet the needs of Spanish surnamed constituency. (Author/RK)

Paper recommends undergraduate teacher certification in computer science and gives the steps necessary for approval of a certification program for the state of Texas. In addition, coursework for a certification program is discussed. (Author)

A description of a new teacher education program that has been inaugurated at the University of Massachusetts' School of Education under the title "Computer Augmented Teacher Training". (Author)

The Computer Science Department at the University of Oregon has developed a summer master's degree program in Computer Science Education directed toward teachers in grades 7-14. This report describes the goals, design criteria and constraints which influenced the development of the program. (Author)

Distance education which provides important contribution to education systems is applied in many fields successfully. Teacher training is another field in which distance education is used widely. Distance education is used for teacher's graduate education as much as teacher's preservice and inservice training at elementary and secondary education…

Federal bilingual education legislation is discussed briefly, and a definition of bilingual education is given. The following topics are then discussed: (1) four types of bilingual programs - transitional, monoliterate, partial and full bilingualism; and (2) compensatory, enrichment and group maintenance programs. (KM)

Letter from Commissioner of Education of HEW compliments "BioScience" in keeping people informed about pollution through scientific insights and describes a community education project in Maine concerning environmental education. (BR)

Migrant children in Florida's "Learn and Earn" program spend part of their day learning work skills - and have part-time jobs to boot. (Editor)

Outlines a program designed to combat the high rate of attrition among engineering students. Problems attacked include the unexpected rigor of the curriculum, misconceptions about engineering, isolation from others studying engineering, and inadequate background in math and science. (GS)

Racism still abounds on the college campus. Thomas and Yates have implemented two paraprofessional programs in an attempt to alleviate this problem. Their work speaks to all persons involved in human service delivery systems. (Author)

Discussed student-developed career meetings in which guest speakers provided students with information about their work experience. (RK)

Presents the objectives of the MAB program, describes "core" material that makes the program of international value, and reports a feature wherein scientists are being asked to make broad social judgments about the work they are doing. (GS)

Kellogg Community College revised its catalog to make it more student-oriented by explaining open enrollment, credit hours, contact hours, individualized instruction, modular units, etc., in concise lay terms. 80,000 new catalogs were published as Sunday supplements to 6 area newspapers in June 1974. (DC)

Describes the 5-day workshop "Appalachia and the Lessons of Development" held last year for international students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. (Author/PG)

Describes the purposes and programs of the national Right to Read effort. (RB)