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Peer reviewedBerne, Richard C.; Judy, John M. – Social Education, 1985
Global Trends Workshops for secondary science and social studies teachers and supervisors conducted collaboratively by the Center for Environmental/Energy Education and the Tennessee Valley Authority's Environmental/Energy Education Program are described. The workshops helped teachers learn how to merge global trends with local concerns. (RM)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Environmental Education, Global Approach, Local Issues
Oliver, Donald W.; Newmann, Fred M. – 1968
See TE 499 864, above.
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Organizations, Community Problems, Court Litigation
Western Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities. – 1990
The Drug Impact Index provides a set of indicators designed to determine the extent of the local drug problem in a community. Each indicator includes a technical note on the data sources, a graph showing comparative statistics on that indicator for the Portland area and for the State of Oregon, and brief remarks on the implications of the data.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Problems, Community Study, Community Surveys
Peer reviewedMassie, Michael – OAH Magazine of History, 1988
Identifies the importance of studying those western frontier communities which survived several boom bust cycles. Describes several South Pass Wyoming mining towns and urges that studies such as these be used by teachers to investigate the dynamic forces which shaped their towns and cities. (KO)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Peer reviewedKirp, David L.; And Others – American Journal of Education, 1979
Varied reactions within Richmond, California, to efforts to achieve racially balanced schools were analyzed in this article. The authors state their intention was to unravel the complexities of a policy problem in one community--not to pronounce unequivocal judgment on resolutions achieved. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Control, Community Problems, Courts
