Excerpts from a decision in Los Angeles Supreme Court by Judge Alfred Gitelson striking down school segregation after a trial of a suit filed by The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California challenging de facto segregation in Los Angeles (City) public schools. (RJ)

Describes the development of short stories, poems, plays, and novelettes by Los Angeles educators. (RD)

Outlines the remedial program at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Massachusetts, which is designed to reduce the high dropout rate in junior colleges. Bibliography. (RW)

Investigation supported by the Arizona Center for Early Childhood Education and performed persuant to a contract with the U.S. Office of Education. Reprints from: T.L. Rosenthal, Dept. of Psychology, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Documents the extent of urban transportation and entry-level job losses in major cities. Describes the mismatch between educational requisites of newer growth industries and educational background of urban minorities, and highlights the role of this mismatch in the increase in urban minority unemployment and welfare dependency. (EF)

A judge from the District of Columbia outlines his views on the need for comprehensive care services for the disadvantaged. If services remain fragmented, restricted in eligibility, and scattered throughout the community, the children who need help the most may never be reached. (PP)

Describes an experimental program in which computer-assisted instruction (CAI) was utilized by Chrysler Learning as a means for training disadvantaged youth in basic academic areas within given time periods. A comparison of two groups--one trained using CAI, the other trained without CAI--is presented. (Author/JL)