Describes how the Bisbee Public Schools scientifically identified and involved the power elite in the community in examining, designing, planning, and implementing community education. (Author/DN)

Politics and political action will remain the fundamental business of community education in terms of working with people toward the development of collaboration and interdependence. (Author/MLF)

The conventional leader-follower concept implies that some are leaders and others are not. Leadership involves anyone and everyone who takes steps to move a community. Too many problems cannot be solved without an engaged community. (SK)

To achieve success in the community, the community educator must understand how power is used by the local power structure and show the community leaders how community education will help their community. (Author/MLF)

Effective communities are well-educated about themselves, have a better understanding of public information, talk through public issues to generate shared knowledge, appreciate the difference between public opinion and public judgment, and believe in public leadership as the key to using public power to solve community problems. (SK)

Community change requires a mindshift toward developing personal leadership skills and collaborative holistic organizational design. Examples from Asheville, North Carolina, illustrate that communities are a web of influence and interdependence in which collaboration requires transcending old ways of doing things. (SK)

The development of Black leadership in community education is critical in order to address the problems of Black communities. The key to solving those problems is economic development, and the community education model of self-determination should be applied toward that end. (SK)

A model for training leaders in Hispanic communities must take into account the cultural context: the extended family, patriarchal family structures, history and cultural mores. Although leaders need conceptual, technical, and human relations skills, emphasis on the conceptual area in terms of these cultural factors is most important. (SK)

Interviews with two Oklahoma educators involved in community education for Native Americans stress the importance of developing community leaders, understanding cultural differences, preserving cultural heritage, and co-existing with mainstream culture. (SK)

The first of 3 stages of community education was a period of theoretical and conceptual development. The next 30 years saw the development of community school programs, leadership training, university centers, professional associations, and legislation. Recent trends include changes in organizational structures and management systems, increased…

Project EXCEL improves Hispanic opportunities and achievement through six community-based models: Academia del Pueblo, Project Success; Project Second Chance, Parents as Partners, Family Reading Program, and Teacher Support Network. (SK)