The approach of the Milwaukee Reading Center Program is total'' in that while improvement in a child's reading skill is central, the program has a much broader impact, helping the child develop mentally, emotionally, and in personality. (Author/CB)

Through a resource room structure, special education students can be placed in regular classrooms with supportive classroom help given at specific periods during the day. (NQ)

Author tackles the basic problem of justifying instruction in a level of language usage that is regarded as elitist. (Editor/CB)

Described is a house program at Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia which combines humanistic and behavioristic philosophies of education to help students adjust better. The program appears to be working. (Author/CJ)

A vocationally-related adult basic education curriculum would include diagnostic testing, identifying academic skills, group planning, availability of instructional materials, parallel teaching of office procedures, and team teaching. (DS)

The Improving Teaching Competencies Program at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory is developing twenty-four instructional systems for professional development of educators. (Author)

An interview with John Bremer, director of the Parkway Program; illustrated. (RD)

Use of state funds for individual faculty and departmental improvement in the public junior colleges is discussed in terms of a planning philosophy, a plan description, and approaches to implementation. (JO)

Describes a five year research project, undertaken by the U.S. Army at Guadalupe, Arizona, which used operant conditioning procedures in community development activities. The project sought "to determine environmental variables affecting individual and group behavior and, once these variables were identified, "to evolve a behavioral repertoire in…

Article provided concepts to be implemented in a continuous, individualized pre-service and inservice program for leaders of secondary schools. Concepts formed an outline which can be utilized to prepare learning objectives which can be measured. (Author/RK)

"Workparties," sponsored by the Teachers Centers' Exchange (Far West Laboratory), provide the time, support, resources, warmth, concreteness, and thought that productive meetings consist of. Descriptions of workparties planned for participants interested in staff development are provided. (CJ)