Written by 10 middle school students, this booklet provides information needed to become a youth consultant in the service learning field. Section 1 provides a job description of a youth consultant. It lists duties of a youth consultant at school and locally, statewide, or nationally. Section 2 sets forth the selection criteria for youth…

Consultant feels that too often the science text receives undue emphasis, that it should serve only as a guide in developing a progression of concepts and skills with the students. (GB)

Industry assumes the role of final trainer for the entry worker whose training is incomplete. Diagnostic testing and orientation are helpful to in-industry training. Consultants can help by building up or supporting training programs through their special expertise. (AG)

State legislatures appear to be opting for one of several schemes to provide equalized local initiative and thus preserve the State-local partnership of K-12 funding, which scheme could be called creeping State funding.'' (Author)

A discussion of how educational technologists work with reading specialists and learning theorists to design reading programs and curricula. (Author)

Aroused Mexican-American educators have organized a national task force to improve learning opportunities for their fellow chicanos. (Editor)

This article is concerned with how elementary school counselors develop constituencies and power bases to support programs, practices, and innovative changes in schools. (Author)

A satire on the application of scientific management principles to a state library agency. Covers relationships of the state librarian to staff, the profession, and state and federal governments. (Author/JS)

Suggests consultants provide counselors with training, crisis support, information, communication with academic community, and participation in research contributing to higher counseling standards. (Author)

Describes Maryland program in which senior psychiatric residents work one day a week for a year as consultants to health departments, in effort to prepare them more adequately for work in the community. (CJ)

A discussion of the findings of a survey of the important factors that the authors feel contribute to the success of the reading programs in the elementary school. (RB)

A number of projects have resulted in possible approaches to psychological education. This article describes some of these activities and reports the author's research to determine their effectiveness with his high school English classes. (Author)

A variety of sub-roles prevents the college professor from meeting his teaching responsibility. (IR)