This is a report of two inner city school systems which are following new approaches to increase pupil's reading skills and academic achievement. The experiences to date of the Washington, D.C., Board of Education with the Reading Mobilization Year, and those of the Gary, Ind., Board of Education and the Behavioral Research Laboratories are…

Reports a study designed to determine if communication problems actually exist as perceived by classroom teachers. Negro and white teachers were found to perceive communication problems differently. More white than Negro teachers were dissatisfied, and reported more communication and discipline problems with students of the opposite race. (DM)

Described is a pretesting orientation program designed to place disadvantaged applicants in a more competive position in terms of test taking skills by developing (1) an understanding of why different kinds of tests are used, and (2) procedures to be used in teaching basic mechanics of good test taking skills. (BY)

Describes program designed to improve human relations in newly integrated school, by use of filmstrips, guidance sessions, role playing. Evaluation indicated that program was successful. (CJ)

Study of personality and character traits of students who volunteered fo Experimental Collegiate Program, a program for beginning students intended as alternative to first two years at Berkeley. (IR)

Data from a long term Participant observation study of an all-Negro public housing project suggest that the aspirations of lower class people are conventional, yet unattainable via use of subcultural coping techniques. (JM)

The counselor has a responsibility to determine, through initial interviewing, whether a need exists for therapeutic intervention with an anxious or depressed client. (Author/CJ)

This is a brief description of a summer visitation program designed to facilitate orientation of sixth graders about to enter junior high school. The counselor visited each new seventh grader at his home, met with him and his parents and discussed realistic goals for the student based on his records and on parents' aspirations. (CJ)

Describes the nature and problems of migrant education in Illinois,and concludes that the educational programs are creative, flexible, and varied. (DM)