Purpose: This applied doctoral project purpose was to determine what was needed to implement UDL in the Port Jefferson school district, specifically determining district strengths and weaknesses. Data were collected with researcher-created surveys given to administrators, faculty members, and members of the parent organizations and the district's…

The 2008 presidential election catapulted "community organizers" into the media fray and raised awareness about community organizing. At the University of San Diego (USD), a course teaching consensus organizing techniques to address community issues was instituted in 2004. The course incorporates traditional undergraduate students and…

This article investigates the importance of parent and community engagement in curriculum development, along with curriculum leadership, engaging stakeholders, and the importance of curriculum. Parent and community member engagement is examined in light of curriculum committee participation as reported by Missouri superintendents. Survey responses…

Complementary education programs have emerged as a useful tool for addressing the educational needs of marginalized communities in the developing world. The literature attributes the success of these complementary education programs to innovative school organization, curriculum development, and community participation. This article is based on a…

Author strongly advocates the development of a new curriculum for constitutional education. (MB)

Numerical documentation is available with regard to dropout reduction, decrease in absences, and increase in interest and involvement. (Author)

Discussed an educational program designed to meet the needs of children with specific learning disabilities. (RK)

Speech delivered to Plenary Session On "The Issues at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (79th, Houston, Texas, Nov. 1 1968).

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FIRST HAND HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY. IN PREFERENCE TO CLASSROOM STUDY OF THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, THE SENIOR "CURRENT PROBLEMS" CLASSES WERE ARRANGED SO THAT STUDENTS HAD ONE AFTERNOON EACH WEEK TO DEVOTE TO WORK IN THE…

This appendices reports on the definition phase activities of planning for the Fort Lincoln New Town education system. Included are complete reports on the community resources survey and the demographic survey. The General Learning Corporation planning documents are presented in tabular format. A community planning timetable is outlined and the…

A modus vivendi must be reached between citizen demands for educational reform and administrators' reluctance to relinquish their decision making prerogatives. (CK)

Describes part of a research project in which an indigenous school community began to develop a mathematics curriculum. Although the community used a document to start, many of the dilemmas that they raised were not mentioned in it and the facilitating document became, therefore, a catalyst rather than a stimulus for mathematics curriculum…

Describes a two-year case study that focused on teacher, principal, and community involvement in curriculum planning in a large midwestern school district. Examines the participants' expectations, satisfactions, and attitudes toward curriculum planning, and the relationship of these variables to the resulting process and product. Discusses the…

Describes a bilingual, bicultural curriculum in a reservation school, courses on Navajo culture, English and Navajo reading programs; and opportunities for parent participation. (DR)