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The article presents several news briefs on education and other related fields. The Stonehill College in the North Easton, Massachusetts created an unified course called Interdisciplinary Social Science, which is taught by four teachers from the fields of political science, history, economics and sociology. Congressman Orval Hansen of Idaho, in his is speech at the Teachers College in Columbia, emphasizes the need for federal legislation that will provide competent teachers in federally supported early childhood programs. A study conducted by Batelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio showed that there were no significant difference in achievement of students under performance contracting and control populations.