Author points out that the concept leads to arbitrary and unpopular" measures such as busing in education and quota systems in employment. (Author/SP)

Reading teachers must understand black culture and black dialect," and adapt their teaching strategies accordingly," i.e., allow dialect translations" of standard English texts. (Author/SP)

At four day-care centers in Washington, D.C., preschoolers use teaching machines to learn to read. (SP)

Author gives arguments in favor of replacing the junior high school with a completely new way of educating youngsters between the primary and high school years." (Author/SP)

Authors attacks compensatory education as an ineffectual way of dealing with social inequalities, while underlying social problems go unsolved. (SP)

The pros and cons of Britain's open schools are discussed. (CK)

Like other African countries, Zambia's most pragmatic approach to national development must lie in adult education. The University of Zambia is one agency involved toward this goal and its emphasis is on rapid expansion of university-type education and the training of adult educators. (Author/JB)

The University of Zambia is involved in adult education at various levels and with different agencies throughout Zambia, and it is intended to develop a program of adult education in which each agency plays a cooperative and mutually reinforcing part. The program's operation in the Eastern Province is here discussed and evaluated. (Author/JB)