Reports on PRL-8-53, an experimental drug that will boost the chemical system in the brain called the cholinergic system and thereby improve one's ability to retrieve information from a preexisting information pool. (Author/IRT)

Describes how three institutions and agencies constructed an in-service teacher education program based on an assessment of the needs of teachers and administrators in the region. (IRT)

Describes some of the historical effects of vocational education at the secondary level, including tracking of students, occupational choices of students, and impact of vocational education on income. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the nature of the job market and describes some successful job-search assistance programs that teach job-hunting skills to those looking for work. (IRT)

A reader of the College Board English Composition Test gives his impressions of the concerns and writing skills of high school students. (IRT)

The chief reason for defining writing as revision of inner speech is to ensure that writing will be acknowledged as nothing less than thinking, manifested in a verbal way, and to make sure that it is taught accordingly. (Author/IRT)

The legality of warrantless searches of students depends on the kind of search that takes place and what happens to any evidence obtained during the search. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the major principles on which educational planning is based in "Education Without Frontiers," which contains the education findings of the "Plan Europe 2000" projections on the future of Europe. (IRT)

The main purpose of Project DEEP (Detroit Energy Education Project) was to organize and transmit useful energy information to the lowest income communities of Detroit. The schools were the primary vehicle for transmitting the information. (Author/IRT)

Describes a program in which teachers act as advisors to a set number of students. The advising is primarily on education-related matters. (IRT)

Act 101 funds provide special classes, counseling, and tutorial support for participating academically, economically, and culturally deprived college students. (Author/IRT)

Describes a successful middle school mathematics program that groups students according to the lowest skill they have not mastered, irrespective of the grade the student is in. (IRT)

Compares a 1975 study of the attitudes of secondary principals and school superintendents in Indiana with a similar study conducted in 1957. Although there was a high degree of similarity, some attitudes did change. (Author/IRT)

Reports on a study of the effects of teacher aides on the way 25 primary teachers used time in the classroom. The presence of aides increased the amount of time spent on instruction. (IRT)

If we can bring ourselves to realize the intimate relationship between liberal and useful knowledge, between traditional and corporate education, we can overcome the mutual prejudice and distrust between university and corporation and tap vast reservoirs of human energy. (Author/IRT)