Suggestions are given on how parents and teachers can develop an environment conducive to the development of self-esteem in their children by providing activities and experiences that result in feelings of success. (DF)

Past research on the spillover, compensatory, and no-relationship models has not helped to discover the structural relationships among facets of work, nonwork, and general well-being. A more comprehensive approach is presented and illustrated with data from three empirical studies of German workers. (Author/SSH)

Examined the factors in the choice of a military career, using a theoretical model. A number of factors are identified, including a need for security, a tendency to conformity, role status, and professional development that may be lost upon leaving the army. (JAC)

This article describes a system of community-based social counselors whose function is to assist individuals and families living in 11 public housing parks in Norfolk, Virginia. The aim of the program is to reach individuals who, because of location and difficulty with transportation, might never get to a counselor for assistance. (Author/EJT)

Limited staff and budget forced a placement office to evaluate the necessity of its various services, with some surprising results. (Author)

A thorough and efficient system of diagnostic reading instruction is really a process by which the teacher individualizes instruction in the classroom. (Author)

In an interview (part of a series), Jon Fuller of the Office of Education maintains that education must be responsive to the student's individual needs, broaden his awareness of career alternatives, and ease the transition from secondary school to a job or to post-secondary training through effective counseling. (AG)

Children who are given many opportunities to love and feel loved when they are young will have an excellent foundation for continuing that growth process as adults. (Author)

Social engineering is defined as a process whereby intellectual experts would determine the goals to be pursued for man; the implications are discussed and highly criticized, with the author pointing out the negative effects on human dignity, self development, and education. (JB)

Suggestions on the role of teacher-training institutions in creating and sustaining teacher motivation. (SP)

Author warns against the Skinnerian-Regimentors'', then offers a few ideas on an'' (not the'') alternative in education. (Author/SP)

Unlike American proposals for welfare reform which are concerned primarily with reducing costs by altering work behavior among present recipients of public assistance, British attempts to devise an income transfer system are based on the rationale that scarce resources should be concentrated upon those in the greatest need. (Editor)

Keynote address presented at the University of Washington-Bellevue Public Schools Institute held June 20 - July 1, 1972, in Seattle, Washington. (DS)