Urges the development of futurology courses to aid students in preparing for rapid changes which the future will bring. (RB)

In August 1971, the California State Supreme Court handed down the landmark decision of Serrano v. Priest,'' ruling that a state system of school finance which made district spending a function of district wealth was unconstitutional. (Author/JM)

The entire issue summarizes reading research published between July 1, 1971 and June 30, 1972, covering: Summaries of Specific Aspects of Reading Research,'' Teacher Preparation and Practice,'' Sociology and Reading,'' Physiology and Psychology of Reading,'' The Teaching of Reading,'' and Teaching of Atypical Readers.'' (RB)

Author discusses the challenge facing non-urban universities to assume active roles in the development and revitalization of rural life. (Author/MB)

The author describes the operations of the Gill School of Bernardsville, New Jersey, where every student takes each course for five hours a day, five days a week, for a five week period. Any six blocks constitute a full year's work. Results indicate that concentrated learning creates greater subject understanding. (Author/JB)

Defines the concept of comprehensive high school, reviews the inadequac

Since student activities play a strategic role in fulfilling many of the goals of secondary education in the twentieth century, they should be given the same support given academic activities. (JM)

The basic tasks of schools are to train students in salable skills and in social responsibility. (RA)

The current reorganization of the Soviet educational system represents an attempt to cope with demands imposed upon education by the functioning of a modern industrial society. (Author/MB)

Described is a junior college district's attempt to make its computer facilities into a resource for all dimensions of the colleges. (LS)

Presents an excerpt describing a parent-teenager rift and suggests writing, discussion, and art activities which might accompany its use with a class. (RD)

Four different approaches to giving the student access to any educational resources which may help him to define and achieve his own goals are discussed: Reference Services to Educational Objects, Skill Exchange, and Peer Matching, and Reference Services to Educators-at-large. (JM)