Present teacher education programs are slanted toward elementary and secondary school programs. However, this must be changed to emphasize the need of special training for the intermediate school teacher. (MF)

Introduction to "Students and Drug Abuse, prepared by the Public Information Branch and Center for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, in cooperation with the staff of Today's Education.

Describes the supervisor's changing role, especially with regard to evaluation, performance contracts, and changing teacher behavior. (SP)

Reviews the importance of reading and several aspects of the present situation in reading instruction. Emphasizes the role of the individual and the need for leadership as the field of reading moves into the future. (MB)

A collection of humorous anecdotes, poems, and essays written by M. Dale Baughman, who is retiring as editor of "Contemporary Education," focuses on a variety of topics including: (1) humor and the child; (2) the school's role in community life; (3) school administration; and (4) educational research. Also included is an editorial about…

No one sector has the right to abdicate its responsibilities in educating children. Schools should focus on the educative tasks that are rightfully theirs. Structures and curricula should be overhauled, and teachers need to understand how culture and ethnicity influence academic and social behavior. (SK)

Having achieved academic freedom, and working toward the abolition of social evils which interfere with students' freedom to learn, the English teacher must, above all, face his academic responsibility. In an age when parents abdicate responsibility for their children's moral education, the English teacher in particular has gained heightened…

Evaluates major issues relating to censorship of public school curriculum, including academic freedom, democratic values, the will of the majority, and teacher rights. Concludes that teachers should have the major role in determining curriculum because of their unique qualifications and professional training. (Author/DB)

A teacher of handicapped children discusses how praise and patience have helped her students overcome learning and behavior problems and voices the conviction that disabled children should be mainstreamed as soon as they show evidence of readiness. (PP)

There was little or no involvement on the part of educators in the formative stages of the youth employment legislation of the 1970s. With an array of bills being introduced in Congress in support of reauthorization of youth employment legislation, it is time for our educational systems to trade nonparticipation for cooperation. (CT)

Maintains that schools have the responsibility for developing humane and democratic citizens and indicates that this responsibility can best be met if educators develop more systematic instruction regarding prejudice and discrimination. Ways in which curriculum should be reoriented include teaching students to distinguish between fact and opinion…

Task analysis of the functions of teachers in nonformal settings can provide a better basis for university programs to train educators than either disciplinary or interdisciplinary curricula. (LBH)

Believe that it is the school's responsibility to assist children to live in the world effectively as a contributing participating citizen. (Author/AM)

Article states that: "Educators of today and tomorrow must be responsible for assisting students to find a purpose and identify. They must provide an educational environment which is both a cultural enrichment and also a preparation for a life of satisfying activity." (Author)