Written by California teachers and administrators involved in distributive and office education at the secondary and community college levels, these 24 articles present information on new methods of instruction and uses of technology occurring in the business world and in education. Topics covered include Centers for Business Teacher Education, new supplements to the California Business Education Guide, industry and education cooperation, educational challenges of the 1980s, business education in the 1980s and the role of the California Business Education Association (CBEA), a systematic approach to business education program planning, an integrated approach to word processing training, computer use in accounting programs, implementing computer-assisted instruction for disadvantaged business education students, teaching disadvantaged students, cooperative distributive occupations programs, the community classroom concept, California business education and the youth initiative, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act secretarial program, instructional program for bilingual executive secretaries, individualized instruction in typewriting for handicapped students, CBEA Award of Excellence, student recruitment and retention, career opportunities for paralegals, California Association of Distributive Educators, fashion merchandising program for handicapped students, class in small business management, real estate programs, and entrepreneurship programs. (Insets contain information reflecting trends from various news sources.) (YLB)