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The article presents news concerning education in the United States as of December 1972. Rand Corp. has published the report "A Guide to Educational Performance Contracting." Mott Foundation has formed a cooperative relationship with its home community of Flint, Michigan in support of the community school concept. Park School in Grand Raphids, Michigan was established to provide continuing education, counseling and medical advice to pregnant teenagers.

The article offers news brief on education. A curriculum guides for teachers for consumer education has been prepared through the Joint Council on Economic Education. The College Entrance Examination Board has combined the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test and the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The Dallas Public Schools has conducted an intensive follow-up study of students who dropped out of school.

The article presents news briefs on education. High School industrial arts students at San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara develop projects for elementary pupils at Franklin School. Boston Public Schools dropouts were encouraged to participate in the seventh annual Return-to-School Program of the school. The percentage of Denver Public School graduates who entered college has risen steadily.

Presents news briefs related to education in the United States. Discussion on the effects of television violence on the behavior of students; Information on books related to progressive education; Information on the opening of the first middle school in Portland, Oregon; Discussion on the utilization of funds for the education of disadvantaged children in public schools.

The article presents news briefs related to the field of education in the U.S. 31 new courses are being offered by the Department of Black Studies of San Francisco State College. The Bureau of Curriculum Development of New York City has issued a curriculum for the parents to keep track with what their children are studying in the school. Two new courses related to the film industry are being offered by West High School in Anchorage, Alaska.

The article focuses on school-university programs in the United States which aim to improve achievement in reading. The typical school-university efforts are focused on poverty area schools where educational performance seems hopelessly below national norms. It has been shown that school-university approach to alleviating reading retardation is well-supported by data. The Atlanta Public Schools-University of Georgia program's Atlanta Public Schools Comprehensive Instruction program aims to assure each child of the maximum progress possible through improvement in the quality of instruction.

We appreciated the lead review accorded our book, History of the School Curriculum(Macmillan, 1990), in the Winter 1991 issue of History of Education Quarterly.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to comments made on the article "Growth of Year-Round Education," by Professors Tanner and Tanner in the November 1973 issue.