Discusses the progress of reading programs during this century and the influences that shaped those programs. (RK)

Article introduces ways to improve reading at upper school levels and provides suggestions for avoiding the turmoil that reading has undergone in the past. (RK)

The essential point of this article is the value of reading comprehension as compared to the value of reading rate. (RK)

Discusses the influence of public opinion, especially that of parents, on the effectiveness of reading programs. (RK)

Presents suggestions for developing meaningful changes in social studies curriculum and reviews past educational social studies programs. (RK)

Author proposes that the traditional concept of the teacher as a servant of the community may act as a resistor to change and may have to be overcome before any significant change in the status of teachers can occur. (Author/RK)

Author gives an opposing point of view to Jencks' book, Inequality, on the effect equalizing educational opportunity will have on equalizing income in our society. (GB)

Author recommends team teaching because of its good effect on the attitudes of students. (GB)

Article stresses the skills gained in problem-solving over mere information transmission in the classroom. (GB)

Simulation is suggested as a method for students to learn to empathize and develop inquiry skills. (Author)

Article discusses learning stations in the classroom as an aid to individualized instruction. (GB)

Compares the Metropolitan Readiness Test with the opinion a parent or teacher has of a child for predicting success in the first grade. Results of a two year study are analyzed. (RK)

Today's society, schools, and youth can no longer afford an educational system which continues to report that the questions it uses demand little more than recall of past knowledge by its students. (Author)

In order that humanities studies have a more permanent place in American education, author suggests changes in the character of humanities education that must develop. (RK)

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which social studies teachers in Kansas and Missouri are familiar with and use the materials published by various social studies projects appropriate to high schools. (Author)