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The article offers news briefs related to education in United States as of April 1974. A report which recommends that the formal school-leaving age should drop to age 14 was issued by the National Commission on the Reform of Secondary Education. The American Institute of Research for the Center for Occupational Education of the U.S. Office of Education prepared a 390-page bulletin entitled "Career Education: A Curriculum Design and Instructional Objectives Catalogue." Moreover, a survey conducted by the National Education Association indicates that New York has the highest per pupil expenditure among the 50 states in U.S.

The article offers news briefs regarding issues in the field of education. A study regarding the causes of racial disorders in high schools at New York City is announced by Nathan Brown, who is the acting superintendent of schools. The study aims to discover the approaches for the elimination of racial tensions in the school and in the neighborhood. A proposal in the admission of exceptionally qualified high school juniors to the City College of New York is recommended by Joseph J. Copeland. The aim of the proposal is to compensate the entry of unprepared students during the open admissions of the university. At least 8,000 children from slum neighborhood were enrolled in various daycare centers.