Issues brought up at the International Consortium for Options in Public Education -- the role and administration of alternative schools, the function of schools, and community control -- are reviewed. (KM)

It is necessary to shift our concerns from establishing black independent schools that are relevant and temporary to developing institutions that will become excellent and permanent forces in the struggle for black liberation. (EH)

The Intifadeh, Palestinian, uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, has become a catalyst for educational change. Palestinian methods of coping with an educational system controlled by outsiders include informal, community-based education; alternative instruction based on existing textbooks; and long-term planning as part of…

Presenting conclusions drawn from the testimony heard by the Social and Cultural Commission at the International Conference on Racial Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations (1977), this report emphasizes the importance of Native: cultural recognition and preservation; education; and family and community preservation. (JC)

A description and assessment, by the first principal of a newly formed community school in New York City, of the struggle to implement structural, administrative, and programmatic innovations with a special focus on the parent school relationship. (EH)

The Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards was organized in 1971, forming an alliance of Indian schools who shared common educational concerns. The Coalition stand has proved that the most effective way to successfully improve education for American Indians is to place the control and decision making power in the hands of Indian people. (KM)

The monograph describes the Community Learning Center (CLC) model and process, which resulted from a University System of New Hampshire project conducted in six small New Hampshire towns between July 1973 and June 1974. The development involved a non-school, learner-controlled base, headed by groups of citizens called "core groups," who…

Open enrollment is a concept concerned with a student's access to schools. In general, it reflects the possibility of parents exercising choice when enrolling children in schools. In East Hartford, parents may seek permission to transfer a youngster to a different school if that school has space for him; however, the parent must provide the…

The monograph asserted that the focus of Navajo education should be on the growth and development of Navajo children and the advancement of Navajo communities. The present system developed negative, anti-school feelings in many adults and children. Changes and improvements were urged. The document assumed that persons concerned with Navajo…

Describes how one school is blending the traditional and the modern under the direction of an all-Indian board of education. (IRT)

Provides the insights of Dr. John Red Horse regarding Native American tribal control over research conducted in Indian communities, the role and approaches of non-Indian academic scholarship regarding Native Americans, and changes in research methodology brought about by Native American researchers focusing on immediate needs of the community.…

The St. Louis Public Schools have used magnet schools to meet the goals of desegregating the system and improving the quality of education for students. The changes in the St. Louis Schools began in 1975 with the issuance of a Consent Judgement and Decree. The Consent Decree provides broad guidelines which allow the system to develop specific…

Parent-run free schools (parent coops) differ markedly from public schools in size and organizational structure, but this paper shows that these new institutions share the problem of teacher supervision. Conclusions are based on intensive study of three parent coops using both participant observation and interviewing. Parent coops must deal with a…

The crucial elements of control which have developed in the educational systems of the U.S. are: (1) the collective social power of government to require participation in formal education and to stipulate the conditions of that participation (i.e., legal control); (2) the authority to make and the power to enforce decisions that appropriate…