The reading problem facing many moderately deficient secondary students (one to three years behind grade level) is less one of skill deficiencies than attitude toward reading. Reading teachers, classroom teachers, principals, and parents can all do specific things to help students improve skills and develop the desire to read. (Author/SJL)

As career education calls for business educators to be concerned with developing students' work values as well as teaching skills, school experiences should be structured to influence work values development. The author discusses the nature of values, group differences, strategies for personal value sharing, industry-school interactions, and…

The author describes a special telephone training program at Arcadia High School, Phoenix, Arizona, to give office education students instruction in proper telephone techniques. The self-paced units include voice evaluation, telephone usage, telephone directory usage, telephone spelling, and recording telephone messages. (MF)

The article provides information for parents and teachers of hearing impaired children concerning federal requirements (as mandated by Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act) for the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and gives samples of annual goals and short-term objectives. (PHR)

Describes the problem of sexism in education, and presents ten steps which school media specialists can take to increase educational equality for male and female students. (CMV)

A formula for a rotation plan and eleven steps for individualizing programs for student assignment on office machines or other individualized units are presented. Illustrating the plan are a worksheet showing time allotments for the students and machines and the rotation units for the same students and machines. (MF)

Brief notes on design processes in general, and the way they may be applied to the problem of under-used school buildings. (Author/MLF)

Maintains that Thanksgiving observances in schools often reinforce an Anglo-centric and superficial view of American history, and offers suggestions for alternative approaches directed toward challenging popular misconceptions about Thanksgiving and enhancing children's social awareness. (CM)

The safest art room conditions are those which result when the art teacher anticipates the need for adequate space, sufficient ventilation and lighting, appropriate storage, and good housekeeping practices. (Author/SJL)

Discussions from the conference on "The Use of Animals in High School Biology Classes" are highlighted in this article. The list of science fair rules, which resulted from the conference, is included. (SA)

Ideas related to including ethology in high school biology programs are given. The methods of ethology and tips on how to communicate observations are briefly explained. (SA)

Problems faced by a TIAA-CREF annuitant retiring in the late 1970s are examined in light of a continuing high rate of inflation. Options available to the annuitant are discussed and two strategies to provide significant inflation protection are suggested. (SF)

Discusses the problem of disposing of unwanted and dangerous chemicals found in storage rooms in elementary and secondary schools. Suggestions for how science teachers and principals deal with this problem are also presented. (HM)

Considers the design and production of a computer assisted learning (CAL) or computer managed learning (CML) package from the point of view of a programer assisting the teacher who is willing to use it. The stages of production are illustrated by reference to two case studies. (Author/CMV)

Periodic assessment of cooperative education programs is shown to provide a sound information basis for future program directions. A comorehensive evaluation model is described that focuses on what is done, how it is done, and why it is important. Specific goals are outlined. (Author/LBH)