NEWS ITEMS AND SPOT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR BROADCASTERS ARE PRESENTED. TITLES INCLUDE--"SCHOOL DROPOUTS--A MILLION DROPOUTS IN 1963,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--SUMMER'S HARVEST,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--GUIDANCE IS CHEAPER,""SCHOOL DROPOUTS--IMPORTANT FACTS,""SCHOOL…

PRESS TREATMENTS OF CERTAIN EVENTS INVOLVING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION WERE EXAMINED. STUDY EFFORT CENTERED ON THE U.S. DAILY PRESS COVERAGE OF THE 1961 NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, A TOTAL OF 193 NEWSPAPER STORIES. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF "TECHNOLOGICAL" PRESS COVERAGE, THE DOMINATING ISSUE (OR THEME) WAS THE…

JUDGE JAMES SKELLY WRIGHT'S DECISION IN THE HOBSON V. HANSEN SCHOOL SEGREGATION CASE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS EXAMINED IN SEVERAL SHORT ARTICLES. JUDGE WRIGHT HELD THAT THE 1954 SUPREME COURT SCHOOL DESEGREGATION DECREE EXTENDS TO DE FACTO AS WELL AS TO DE JURE SEGREGATION. HE RULED THAT SUBSTANDARD EDUCATION OF THE POOR IS DISCRIMINATORY,…