The National Center for Community Education provides training to local 21st Century Community Learning Cetners to enable them to provide learning opportunities for children and families. The future will depend on community education programming, community involvement, advocacy, and public will. (JOW)

Discusses how Texas established 21st Century Community Learning Centers in the state. Describes a typical day in a local center and the impact on participants. (JOW)

Describes the general move toward community education in South Australia. Considers two pilot projects initiated to ascertain if community centers can successfully be located on school campuses. (Author/DN)

Discusses the major components typically found in successful funding applications and reviews a Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFP) publication that will assist in identifying funding sources for planning, constructing, or renovating community-use facilities. (Author/MLF)

Describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of 15 community education centers in St. Louis, Missouri. Includes information about the evaluation approach and design, data management, policy changes, outcome expectations, findings and conclusions, and training needs. (JOW)

Describes how one community transformed an abandoned school into a center for community revitalization offering a variety of academic, social, and cultural activities. (JOW)

Introduces the special issue by providing information on what community learning centers and after-school programs provide, what impact they have on youth and their communities, the outlook for continued funding, and the relationship between after-school programs and community education. (Contains 20 references.) (JOW)

Community education in New Jersey will benefit from legislation financing the construction of facilities that deliver community and social services. Five departments of state government are to cooperatively develop a minimum of ten local models of community education facilities. (Author/MLF)

Comprehensive community education programs can help make the best use of available facilities. A number of counties have joined with school boards to develop one-stop shopping centers for community services. (Author/MLF)

The effectiveness of 21st Century Community Learning Centers, an after school program in St. Louis, Missouri, public schools, compared 61 participants (not randomly selected) with 217 nonparticipants. Program participants performed better in math. (JOW)

A case study shows the slow process of rebuilding a community and how the community educator can facilitate internal growth and development. (Author/MLF)