Several decades of research have suggested a meaningful relationship between time and learning, where the amount of time students spend engaged in learning is strongly associated with their level of achievement. Among schools that have expanded the day and/or year, researchers have found that such a strategy can be quite effective, especially with…

This monograph reviews the elements of successful associates programs that institutional and volunteer leaders may consider in mobilizing individual constituents who are priority gift prospects. Associates programs have recently been established at a number of institutions of higher education; they suggest a relationship of prestige and…

This manual had its origins in a training project at the University of Michigan directed at the staff and directors of area planning agencies on aging. The manual is a revised version of a manuscript used in the regional workshops to facilitate the planning and coordination of services and programs for older people. Its purpose is to provide an…

General guidelines to develop community support of children's programs are presented within a conceptual framework. General design features include planning, development, and implementation. Specific tasks are identified and a planning guide is provided. (Author/DB)

This book is addressed to police administrators, hospital administrators, prosecutors, and citizens involved in community action who are prepared to re-examine their agencies' response to cases of rape. It provides information and analysis to spark such a review and outlines suggestions for coping with problems that commonly hinder change. The…

Describes the local financing of the vocational agriculture program at East Butler School in Nebraska. In addition, the article provides guidelines that must be followed when planning a local budget. (LRA)

This booklet deals with ideas, plans, and activities that have worked to gain election successes; and it discusses the pitfalls and problems that have produced election failures. The report tells how to organize people and jobs, and provides a timetable for actions during the last 12 weeks of a campaign. The authors suggest that most successful…

Provides guidelines to involve the entire community in a successful reading fair, based on procedures followed in Newport News, Virginia. (RL)

Effective superintendents recognize three key management precepts and their hidden rules. Administrators should avoid mixing emotion and logic, attending to detractors' emotional needs before presenting a differing viewpoint. They should be graceful under pressure, expect the unexpected, and build coalitions gradually, mindful of all community…

Describes the characteristics essential to conduct a good public relations program for the school library media center. Negative views of libraries and librarians are discussed, and strategies for enhancing the school library media center image are presented. (Author/BK)

This paper discusses the importance of generating more support for the public schools among nonparent taxpayers and offers numerous suggestions for communicating with nonparents and involving them in the schools. The author points out that only 26 percent of all homes have school-age children and argues that, although many schools do a good job of…

This booklet reports the results of a study of bond elections that were held in Iowa from 1960 to 1973. The study sought to determine those factors that tended to help bond elections succeed and those that tended to cause failure. The report discusses the value of specific tactics and identifies some helpful factors such as the best months of the…

This speech traces the background of the passage of a bond issue in the Kansas City School District, Kansas, to aid other districts seeking to pass bond issues. The author sets out in chronological order the procedures that were taken to eliminate or neutralize opposition to the bond proposal. The author also notes that the board of education…

The purpose of this handbook is to help communities initiate small grant programs for teachers using the one currently operating in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) as a model. Small grant programs, in which teachers compete for community-sponsored grants to carry out innovative projects with their students, are described as meeting two needs: new…