While testing for the effects that a college course in the politics of race had upon students' attitudes toward blacks, study also provides indirect evidence for substantiating several conditions under which course content is influential for changing political attitudes or behavior. (RJ)

Discusses the necessity of informing parents of school operations and maintaining open channels of communication. (DD)

A physician and educator sets forth a high school program of drug education based on the student's personal involvement in the program. (BF)

Describes a remedial English program at the University of California, Berkeley. (RY)

Describes a newly implemented curriculum designed to prepare home economics teachers for the year 2001. (SB)

Describes a summer program in Spanish conducted at the State University College of New York at Buffalo, New York. (DS)

Results of evaluative studies indicate that learning by independent study does not compare favorably with results of the usual lecture-discussion techniques. (IR)

Description of a program in which simulated experiences as student teachers and beginning teachers enable the participants to face the actual problems of a classroom teacher. Appendixes give program outlines and materials used. (MBM)