Describes film cartridges and cassettes and commercial machines designed to project them; illustrated; based upon a report to the Board of Trustees, American Film Institute. (Editor/SW)

Reviews conventional elementary school organization and staffing, describes some specific change attempts at one school, and summarizes some ingredients for effective staff development and utilization. (Author)

A report by the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; includes ERIC abstracts of documents pertinent to this topic. (Author)

Mentions NCTE/ERIC products available and of interest to teachers of English teachers: bibliographies, state-of-the-art papers, informational brochures; describes "Research in Education and "Current Index to Journals in Education, ERIC index-journals. (RD)

Offers advice to sufferers of "textbookitis:" (1) writing textbooks are not necessary for high school classes; (2) the best language textbook is a dictionary--money not spent on a writing textbook could be spent on sets of dictionaries; and (3) literature anthologies can be useful additions to the writing classroom. (RL)

Analyzes problems faced by substitute teachers and suggests some possible remedies. (WD)

This article examines the Joint Council on Economic Education through a look at its reasons for existence; the goals, basic operating principles, and organizational patterns of the Council network; and how the Council network provides materials and programs for business educators. (CT)

Outlines the expansion since 1966 in the size, accessibility, and utilization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a national, computerized educational database. Describes four typical cases in which ERIC searches proved useful to clients of the San Mateo (California) Educational Resources Center, an agency offering ERIC search…

Describes activities and resources that mix fun with scholarship in a secondary, elective ornithology course: all-day and class-period field trips; use of field guides, textbooks, periodicals, films, puzzles, records, correspondence courses; bird-banding operations; wildlife rehabilitation centers; Federation of New York State Bird Clubs; New York…

Guidelines for selecting good educational software are presented and based on general principles that are relevant to a wide variety of teaching programs, topics, students, and computer systems. (MP)