Three separate papers related to the Oregon Right to Read program are contained in this document. The first paper discusses the program and its objectives, considering such topics as staffing, preparation, organization and management of a quality community reading program, maintenance and dissemination of materials and information, the…

This handbook is intended to help communities (particularly, but not exclusively, in Pennsylvania) develop adopt-a-school partnerships between local schools and businesses. Advantages of partnerships for both schools and their potential business partner are reviewed, and brief profiles of possible cooperative projects (many of which have already…

To help Georgia school administrators, educators, and community members, this handbook suggests ideas and plans for strengthening school-community relations and increasing community involvement in schools. The first section lays out the four steps district administrators should take in developing a systemwide community involvement program,…

The implementation guide for special education administrators and teachers provides a review and synthesis of programing in experienced based career education (EBCE) for the handicapped, describes exemplary programs, and gives implementation guidelines. The first chapter provides background information, an overview, and summaries of legislation…

From 1976-79, over 46,000 Wisconsin youth left high school before receiving a high school diploma, a number reflective of a national trend. Research has documented dropout characteristics, their reasons for leaving school, and the consequences of their decisions, but little effort has been made to examine ways in which schools and communities…

Intended as a guide to aid inservice teachers and school administrative personnel in developing an effective program for the utilization of school volunteers, this document discusses the merits of a volunteer program and provides concrete suggestions for program design and implementation. Five steps towards a volunteer program delineated by the…

A new phenomenon in American education is the working relationship of "high school partnerships." These committments between a corporation and an urban school pledge cooperation over a period of years in an organized group of projects intended to improve education and benefit the students. To determine the problems, risks, and potentials of high…

The author briefly examines (1) the history of local control of education, (2) the development of the community-based college, and (3) the growth of community-directed educational programs at these institutions. (MJB)

Suggests some general procedures for establishing a community education program, which have been successfully employed in communities across the nation. The procedures involve meeting with school and community groups, establishing advisors and directors, surveying community needs, and evaluating programs designed to meet community needs.…

This article describes the development of a peace education project, including the Peace Education Kit, in schools in Sierra Leone. The program, initiated by the World Bank, has involved working partnerships between local and international agencies and provides a case study of how schools can work with the community to contribute to a national…

Beginning a community youth orchestra can be one of the most rewarding--and draining--experiences in music education. Forming a group requires administrative expertise, interpersonal skills, expert musicianship, and a lot of elbow grease. The author used all these attributes and skills when he founded the Spanish Fork (Utah) Chamber Players…

This guide, in two sections, emphasizes a community-based, school-focused collaborative approach to preventing youth suicide in Wisconsin. Cooperative school district and community agency endeavors frame the approach. The following three-part philosophy undergirds it: First, youth suicide is a community problem requiring a community solution best…

This article presented an overview of those elements of planning and implementation required for opening the Delano Center (in Delano, Calif.) with the hope that it might assist others facing similar educational needs. (Author/RK)

This study inventories the urban activities of institutions of higher education in the Winston-Salem area and reports a significant series of social and economic indicators for nine urbanized areas in North Carolina. Part I consists of a series of excerpts from a collection of nine documents and reports concerned with development policy, planning…

The document discusses a project that sought to create sustainable service learning programs in community colleges. In 1997, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) (District of Columbia) began a 3-year grant project to increase the number, quality, and sustainability of service learning programs in community colleges nationwide.…