The scope of this paper is concerned with communicating developments related to elementary and secondary levels of education as mediated through State, intermediate, and local educational agencies. (Author/RK)

Summarizes comments made on S.2495, the Science and Technology Resources Survey and Applications Act of 1974, at Congressional hearings. Concludes that there is agreement on the policy provisions of the bill, but not on the establishment of new agencies and the assignment of their roles. (CC)

Background concerning legislation and development of environmental programs is detailed in the areas of air pollution, water pollution, pesticides, and multimedia toxic substances. Each section contains a discussion of scientific knowledge, health effects, costs, proposed standards, and possible approaches to the problems. (LS)

This somewhat satiric article reports on the termination rites for federal funding of Library Services and Construction Act programs held recently at HEW. Revenue Sharing is supposed to fill the void but assurances of that were not well received by the gathered mourners. (DH)

The Intergovernmental Personnel Act opens avenues of cooperation between various levels of government and the schools and the colleges. (Editor)

Revenue sharing is a new experiment in federal assistance to State and local agencies. The experience with general revenue sharing may be followed by a large-scale sharing of U.S. funds for public schools. It could become the most important federal aid program in recent history. (Author/JN)

Authors take a critical look at the HEW Task Force on Higher Education and the recent article by its chairman, Frank Newman. (Ed.)

The Republican Congresswoman from Massachusetts reports on an all-day hearing held in Fall River, Massachusetts during 1972 to establish a state-wide, federally-assisted day care system. (DS)

To find a solution to the many economic, health, and education problems confronting the American Indian, it is proposed that a National Conference on American Indians be called by the president. Such a conference, patterned after previous White House Conferences, would give Indians an opportunity to address themselves to the resolution of their…

The University Year for Action is a federally funded program that lets students work firsthand with some of the problems of our society; drug abuse, poverty, the elderly, and the mentally ill. (PG)

Federally financed art programs were established in five Baltimore County schools in 1967 to provide additional art classes for culturally deprived pupils. (DS)

Describes a tuition assistance program offered by the Manpower Opportunity Program, an OEO-funded agency in Arizona, which provides financial assistance and supportive services for migrant seasonal farm workers and their children to obtain a higher education. (RJ)

Describes the growing federal commitment to provide government services for rural areas comparable to those available in urban areas. (BH)