Argues that a comprehensive educational system that makes use of varied community resources is needed to replace the traditional American school system, which no longer meets the changing needs of society. (JG)

Anticipatory leadership, which is action based on the forecasting of alternative futures, can solve many of the educational system's current and future problems. Effective resource management, a form of anticipatory leadership, can solve social, political, and educational problems of the future. (CJ)

Sex education should be designed and delivered in ways that are suited to the diverse needs, views, and beliefs of the community. Different philosophies and approaches for sex education are discussed, and options for conducting community-based programs are presented which would permit families to choose among alternative approaches. (PP)

Teacher organizations should concentrate their power on the system that restricts institutional arrangements in education. In cooperation with parents and students, teachers can create the energy needed to construct workable educational options. (Author/WM)

Issues in education are identified, and recommendations are made on each. Following each recommendation, a brief opinion statement is offered on the advantages and disadvantages of the recommendation. The following issues are addressed: (1) What is the role of the state in defining curriculum for students? (2) How can we help to improve the…

While the short term trend in education emphasizes subjects, the long term emphasis will be on the competencies themselves. There will be many more options for the learner and a fundamental transition to a learning system with a life-span curriculum in school and non-school settings. (DCS)

This paper focuses on four participants in the public schools: parents, students, teachers, and administrators. These parties make up the key school community. This discussion highlights the rights and responsibilities of each of these major groups, especially in the curriculum, budget, and personnel areas of educational organization. In order to…

In this book, an overall analysis of the urban crisis is presented and concrete suggestions are made for renewing urban education through a unique design called the "public-schools-of-choice system." Fundamentally a plan in which a range of optional school programs would be offered to diverse student groups in every community, the public schools…

This book is designed to provide not so much a blueprint of specification as a framework that will enable communities to identify the kind of educational system that they believe is most relevant to their needs. The development of new communities, such as Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C., provides an opportunity for a major new approach to the…

The outdated nature of the school as an institution has victimized, not only the clients but the practitioners--not only those outside seeking ways of getting in but those inside the school trying to make it work. The problem is with the form and shape of the institution in which administrators, supervisors, teachers, students, parents,…