This bibliography of 219 numbered entries is limited to Canadian works. However, section 4, "Bibliographies," will provide leads to useful information from the United States. Section 1, "Community Schools/Community Education," includes the more comprehensive works and material about particular Canadian community schools,…

Utilizing material in the ERIC network, this paper briefly investigates the theory, history, and current state of community schools. Planning guidelines for alternative uses of school facilities are discussed and some examples are given of effective shared facilities. Financial requirements for starting a community school and possible sources of…

Australian school communities participating in the Disadvantaged Schools Program plan their own approaches to improving schooling for students, assisted and supported by consultants; the Disadvantaged Country Areas Program, funded in 1977, differs from the Disadvantaged Schools Program in that whole areas rather than individual schools have been…

The Disadvantaged Country Areas Program in Australia involves a limited number of areas in each State selected according to their relative poverty, special need for improved educational provisions, and lack of opportunities for employment and training for young people. All schools in the declared areas are expected to share the services and…