This symposium on urban education and urban environment heard addresses by several state and city superintendents of education, a representative of HEW, the director of the NAACP, the president of the National Association of State Boards of Education, and a professor and columnist. Discussed were such topics as the leadership role of state education departments in urban education, the activities of the federal government, the problems and experiences of Cleveland, the issues of the organization of the teaching profession, and the drive for racial equality. Also included are remarks on state boards and the rule of these boards in urban problems. (NH)