Many linguists, psychologists and educators now believe that linguistic differences play an important role in the reading disability of disadvantaged black children. (Author)

Based on the introduction to the author's report on the 1968 Summer Bilingual Institute at the University of Texas. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (FWB)

Position paper written for the National Symposium on the Advancement of German Teaching held in December 1967 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DS)

Observes that five clues to a good school are: self-concept of children, communications methods, alternatives in learning opportunities, respect for children, and enjoyment of school experiences. (JF)

Outlines the income poverty guidelines that schools will be required to use starting Janurary 1, and spells out the present administration's view of child feeding goals and accomplishments during the past year. (Author)

An Administration spokesman calls upon vocational educators to evaluate their role in education and manpower training in terms of contemporary circumstances. Excerpts from his address are published here. (Editor)

Discusses guidelines established by the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries and the Canadian Association of University Teachers concerning academic status for librarians. Fundamental issues highlighted are librarian workloads, release time, professional status, and relevance of evaluation criteria and procedures. (EJS)

This article delineates an organizational systems framework for exploring team utilization possibilities in schools and provides guidelines for deciding when and how teams might be utilized. (Author/PN)

An approach to training new administrators is outlined that has four advantages: (1) identifying job responsibilities and matching them with available human, machine, or material resources; (2) compiling instructional units for each of those responsibilities; (3) presenting the units in logical order, allowing for discussion and assimilation; and…

Guidelines are presented that are designed to help teachers maximize the usefulness of textbooks within their classroom instructional programs. It is noted that texts are the primary tools used in producing student learning, but it is the teacher who makes the textbook come to life. (MP)