Schools in five counties in southeastern Pennsylvania take their environmental problems seriously, as at least one planning board will attest. (Editor)

Without many changes in goals since 1939, Toledo's Family Life Education Center continues, to serve well its growing community. (Editor)

Article suggested the establishment of a Speaker's Bureau, an educational program designed to foster communication between the school and its community by providing local citizens first-hand information about the schools on a variety of interesting educational issues. (Author/RK)

The efforts of engineering colleges to serve small local industries are described. (DE)

An overall program for political and vocational education in elementary schools is discussed. (DE)

This article describes a program which reduced the number of elderly needing hospitalization. A team screening referrals for admission to a state hospital evaluated 434 consecutive cases. Over 51 percent were diagnosed depressed. By treating patients in the community, including brief local hospitalization where indicated, total geriatric…

Several hundred students have participated in digging and exploration under a pilot project (funded via Title III of the Elementary Secondary Education Act and sponsored by the Northfield School Department of Rhode Island) which has utilized archaeology and local history as vehicles for educational alternatives. (JC)

Describes a computerized student records system developed by the Boston University School of Education that produces seven different reports for use by students, advisors, and administrators. Reports include student records worksheets, student contracts, alphabetical listings of students, department breakdown reports, course projection reports,…

Describes the development and operation of a countywide purchasing cooperative composed of ten local government agencies in Washington County, Wisconsin. (JG)

Describes development of the school security program in the Denver Public Schools and offers suggestions for other schools, based on the experience in Denver. (Available from Security World Publishing Company, Inc., P.O. Box 272, Culver City, CA 90230; $12.00 annually) (JG)

The coordinator of an integrated program for hearing impaired students in a public high school discusses key components in the program and in the implementation of a curriculum planned to meet the needs of each hearing impaired student. (Author/LS)

Lehigh University and the Medical College of Pennsylvania admit selected high school graduates directly to medical school. Students spend two years completing premedical basic sciences, humanities, and social sciences and receive science credit for medical school courses, graduating with a BA after four years and an MD after six. (Editor/JT)

The author describes a reading program based on James Dinnan's theory of how people learn. This unique program teaches both highly inefficient readers and those with milder developmental needs to deal effectively with practical and literary prose and with poetry. (Author)