Environmental literacy has been defined in various ways: from acquisition of scientific knowledge to addressing environmental concerns through indigenous knowledge. Program planners and educators need to identify and employ strategies for inclusive program development where all stakeholders are given an equal opportunity to share their opinions as…

Civic-minded people in the National School Volunteer Program's 700 affiliates receive a warm welcome from students and teachers alike. (Editor)

Discussed the evolution of a community arts theory and program celebrating the values and life style of Appalchian people. (Author/RK)

The current study replicates work of Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands. It describes dropout prevention programs in nine Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) school districts serving communities with populations of 24,742-107,250 (as of July 2008). All nine…

Described the program in arts and recreation designed by Superintendent Forsberg for the people of Waterloo, Iowa. (Editor/RK)

A week-long special program introduced the students of Northern Cambria High School to their coal-mining heritage and involved members of the coal industry and of the community. (IRT)

This description of the formation of local family life councils in North Carolina is offered for the guidance that it may provide others in establishing family life councils at the community level. Comments follow by J. Obert Kepson and Ruth H. Jewson. (Author)

The article describes the Intermountain Center for Gifted Education in Utah which provides educational programs statewide for gifted and talented students. It is explained that the programs are also designed to expand community awareness of the needs of gifted students and encourage active community involvement. (PHR)

This article describes a program designed to increase community involvement with professional staff in the design and implementation of local educational programs and policies. (PD)

Article defined ethnomusicology and discussed its use at the Music Department of the University of Hawaii. (Author/RK)

The author states in the opening pages of this paper that community involvement in educational programming, whether for children's learning or teacher training, is an absolute necessity for the development of alternative strategies and solutions for present and future educational problems. The paper reviews some of the ongoing attempts to maintain…

Integration into a society made for and by men, in which all his activities are meaningful, is animation's ultimate goal. "Animation", the title of the Council for Cultural Cooperation's socio-cultural development project, is described along with the policy necessary to implement it. This includes the role of the animateur, who would…