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Austin, Gary W.; Moore, Grant E. – Education Canada, 1984
Traces London, Ontario's community schools from 1968-1984. Describes a system in transition from being centrally controlled by a school board to being increasingly in the control of community volunteers. Reflects on the redevelopment of the community school ideal as responsibility for school operations is placed back in community hands. (BRR)
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Schools, Decentralization, Educational Change
Peer reviewedMarika, Raymattja; And Others – Convergence, 1992
Yolngu researchers in the Northern Territory of Australia are applying indigenous problem-solving processes and the traditional principle of unity to educational research in, for, and with the community. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Schools, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
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
McCarty, Teresa L. – 2002
This book presents the voices of Navajo parents, students, educators, administrators, school board members, and politicians in Rough Rock, Arizona, home of a community based school for American Indian students. The Rough Rock Demonstration School, started in 1966, is lauded as an exemplary "experiment" in American Indian education. It…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Control, Community Schools, Culturally Relevant Education
Peer reviewedOwston, Ronald D. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1983
Indian-controlled education programs may be evaluated by involving community members/leaders; administrators/teachers/students; federal-provincial education officers. The advantages include heightening community awareness of strengths/weaknesses in education programs, allowing community control over nature/duration of evaluation, providing ongoing…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Citizen Participation, Community Control
Hill, David – Teacher Magazine, 1995
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwas in Minnesota developed casinos and invested the huge revenue in two new schools that teach their language, history, and culture. The article provides a history of the development of the schools and several tribe members' opinions of the casinos and the way the revenue is used. (SM)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Chippewa (Tribe), Community Control, Community Schools
Download full textDolan, Jeanne; Parsons, Tim – 1974
The publication describes a community learning center established in Newark, New Jersey, in 1969 with concern for children, parents, and people trapped by the limiting institutions of our cities, and which is composed of three program components: a day care center (for 60 three to five year olds), an after school and summer program (for 50-100…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Schools
