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Peer reviewedOrnstein, Allan C. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1983
Some problems have been encountered in large school districts where decentralization has taken the form of community control. The idea of community schools, whereby the schools serve as key institutions in providing services and resources for all its residents, is discussed. (CJ)
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Decentralization
Peer reviewedWatson, Keith – International Review of Education, 1980
This paper explores the concepts of "community" and "community education," traces the growth of different models of community education in the United Kingdom, and highlights some of the issues, weaknesses, and problems arising from its development. Two separate movements, evolutionary and revolutionary, are…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Control, Community Education, Community Schools
Peer reviewedCalliou, Sharilyn – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1993
Synthesizes 30 selections by community education theorists to explore Native and European concepts of community and to develop a model of Native community schools. Describes community school features: community-based research and curriculum, extracommunity awareness, proactive problem solving, educational activism to meet local needs,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community, Community Control
