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.)

A school program in the District of Columbia strives to find new ways to teach children how to learn. (CK)

Discusses New York City's recent experiences with political decentralization of schools, and describes the goals of decentralization and community schools. (LR)

In the management of common property resources, privatization is often advocated as the surest path to sustainability because of its reliance on human self-interest in natural resources decision making. This article demonstrates that the motive of self-interest, though powerful, does not necessarily lead to environmental outcomes that promote the…

The Cable TV Study Committee of the Common Council of Detroit, Michigan studied in depth the possibilities, requirements, and implications of cable television for Detroit. Their detailed recommendations are presented, covering financing and construction, the need for engineering and financial projections, organization for operation, channel…

The author stresses the need for citizens who are well-informed about the problems and potentials of cable television in order to insure that satisfactory systems will be set up in communities. (AK)

A position paper that looks at educational accountability from the viewpoint of the historian, the anthropologist, the political scientist, and the sociologist. The author is not optimistic about the future of accountability as a functional output nor as a process to improve education. (JF)

Report of research dealing with the relationship between decentralization in New York City and curriculum development, change, and evaluation in the community school districts of the public school system. (EH)

Since 1967, a series of legal actions initiated by parents and ratepayers has led to a major revision of part of the Education Act of 1944 and to judicial reinterpretation of other sections of it. (Author/IRT)

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…