The regional universities in Russia are an important resource for the development of Russian society, but more needs to be done to increase their effectiveness, including tackling corruption and leveraging local competitive advantages.

Barry M. Franklin's new work uses the concept of community as a lens for interpreting urban school reform since 1960. Focusing on the curriculum and employing case studies, he applies the concept to reform initiatives in a number of city school systems. Included are compensatory education, community control, mayoral takeovers, educational…

This article raises the question, "Is the rapid expansion of the school Academies programme consistent with the Government's policy of enabling socially disadvantaged local communities to participate in making decisions that shape the quality of their lives?" (Contains 1 note.)

This paper reports the results of a statistical study of two community school districts within one urban school system. The purposes of the study were to determine (1) whether parents in a decentralized district are more satisfied with their schools than are parents in a regular, centralized district, and (2) whether the type of school district is…

Two basic questions are examined: (1) why is parental involvement in schools valuable? and (2) if it is, how may it be achieved? (FF)

Three important issues facing junior colleges today in forming their relationship with the community are the necessity of 2-way communication and participation, shared or resident control over neighborhood-oriented programs, and physically blending educational facilities into the on-going community structure. (JO)

The Fuentes case demonstrated how the community's rights could be subverted by a purposeful faction; the Canarsie case showed how unchecked local control could damage children's rights. Successful decentralization requires the central board to assert its authority to prevent the arbitrary exercise of local power. (EH)

Suggests four steps schools can take to defuse censorship controversies. (DD)

Highlights of events pertaining to one of the pivotal issues in American education today: Who should control the schools? (Author/MLF)

School board decisions should reflect the needs of the public. Questionnaires, home visits and discussions help to achieve these ends. (AF)

This article provides data on the decentralization of seven large U. S. school systems, explaining when and how it came about. (Editor)

Answers some hard questions, such as: Does real community control diminish the professional? Whose fault is it when community involvement fails? (Author)

Article presented a number of responses to a survey of wherein rests the responsibility for governing schools in America. (RK)

Analysis of report to be published by the Urban Coalition.

We are, for the second time in a hundred years, experiencing a revolution in the politics of education. In the 1890s municipal reform wrested control of urban school systems from city political machines and their neighborhood subunits. Since then the structure of school government has rested on two types of legitimacy. These are a belief in…