Fifteen pilot districts in California are using a planning, programing, budgeting system (PPBS) to bring the logic of systems analysis to their educational procedures. (Author)

The need for college courses to train personnel to conduct employee health programs in private industry is discussed. A description of a sample graduate-level course is provided, as is a listing of pertinent organizations, programs, books, and articles. (PP)

Booklets that explain how to grow a peanut plant, save the bald eagle, or make jewelry from rice are available free or at minimal cost to schools. Seventeen sources of materials are listed. They cover such diverse topics as geology, wildlife, the sea and water, food, and crafts. (PP)

This article contains suggestions on how teachers can prepare themselves for using computers in their classrooms. Inservice workshops, practicing on machines, and reading about computers are among the activities suggested. Pertinent books, magazines, and other sources of information are included. (PP)

The resources and services of information-gathering and disseminating agencies are described including the Test Collection, and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, both at Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey; also the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (CM)

Describes the Commercial Update and Retrieval System (CURS), part of an instructional resource program implemented at Virginia Tech that enables students to locate, categorize, critique, or redesign any of 1,000 television commercials which were previously stored on 16mm film reels. The systems software and its instructional implications are…

An interview with Jack A. Culbertson, retiring director of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), focuses on the field of educational administration and the future of education. (Author/WD)

Reviews the literature on the evaluation of library collections, discusses the research specifically on collection evaluation in school libraries, and draws attention to the types of studies that are needed in the school library media field. A 22-item reference list is included. (JL)

Presents information on aerospace periodicals that are available from government and nongovernment sources. (SA)

Describes the social and educational factors affecting the generation of high quality educational research and the degree of its utilization in developing countries. Examples of imaginative and appropriate research from several countries are included. The author recommends increased flexibility and imagination in future research designs. (AM)

A cross-cultural course sequence at Iowa State University which offers a Third World cultural experience and introduces students to Third World views about such crucial world problems as population pressures, food supplies, and energy resources has a continuing need for media resources, e.g., films and slides. (CMV)

Reports on an examination of the potential of teletext as a curricular resource across the school curriculum and as a more general educational information resource. Two curriculum design and development tasks carried out by student teachers, involving currently available pages from teletext and screened-data techniques, are described and…

This is the fifth annual collection of abstracts of educational materials presented by the Educational Materials Review Board of the American Physiological Society under the direction of the Education Committee. The collection includes abstracts of articles, papers, textbooks, books, handbooks, and symposia which are valuable in teaching…

This article describes a study of a nutrition education program using the school lunch program as a teaching resource involving 63 fourth-grade students. Results of a lunch survey and computer analysis of dietary intake indicates behavioral changes and increased comprehension of principles occur. (Author/SA)

The author believes the goal of composing and improvising music is to become involved in the creative selection and arrangement of music, and to develop skills in self-evaluation and constructive self-criticism. He describes approaches to teaching composition through improvisation with "found" instruments. Selected readings and…