In September 1988, the Corporate Community Schools of America (C/CSA) opened its first model school in Chicago's North Lawndale, an innercity neighborhood scarred by deprivation, violence, and hopelessness. After briefly describing the school's laboratory approach, this report defines C/CSA's philosophy, goals, and educational plan and refers to…

Symposium organizers commissioned papers that examined existing Chicano research in studies of family, labor, and migration, three subjects continually recurring in Chicano research. The papers were organized in four sessions: historical and contemporary research on Chicano workers, foundations of research on Chicano families, Chicano domestic and…

The Demonstration Resource Center was developed and funded for 3 years in Region IX of the United States (excluding Arizona) to establish a regional network for coordination and service delivery in child abuse and neglect. This final report states the purpose and lists the objectives of the center project, providing a brief overview of general…

This manual presents some current, state-of-the-art examples of forestry programs in West Africa. It is based on the collective experiences of foresters and of local farmers and herders. Since many of the problems of reforestation of dry areas are the same worldwide, the text (which focuses on the broad subject of project implementation) includes…

A vocation week program is described in which teachers, counselors and community resource people coordinated their activities to provide a comprehensive view to graduating high school students about various job opportunities. Films, seminars and discussions were used to achieve this purpose. A questionnaire answered by students indicated benefits…

Progress during CETA's first year of operation is reviewed. (AG)

The description of the Miami University (Ohio) project shows how the idea for community involvement was generated and presents a resource utilization model. (MS)

Presents strategies used to initiate a bilingual program. (DW)

Focuses on the training and language fluency of teachers in bilingual/bicultural programs. (EA)

Four curricular models are contrasted: the performance model (which is exemplified by most college curricula), closed and open contrast models, and the "experimenting community" in which learning experiences emerge from a process of interaction. This latter approach is elaborated upon in terms of its emphasis on nurturing improvisational learning,…

In order to develop and improve a school-community relations program, the school board must have written policies and a written program. (Published by California School Boards Association, 800 9th Street, Suite 201, Sacramento, California 95814) (Author/WM)

Baby-boomers, the sizeable group of knowledgeable, competent, and motivated adults born between 1946 and 1964, view the increased flexibility in lifestyle of their later years as an opportunity to make a further contribution to society (Wilson & Simson, 2006). How can this potential be realized? Legacy Leadership Institutes, created by the…

Contents of this double journal issue concern immunization and primary health care of children. The issue decribes vaccine storage and sterilization techniques, giving particular emphasis to the role of the cold chain, i.e., the maintenance of a specific temperature range to assure potency of vaccines as they are moved from a national storage…

A school district's international coordinator and a primary school teacher of 20 second-graders from 10 different ethnic groups implemented a practicum designed to improve the understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity among students, parents, and teachers at the Ithan Elementary School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The practicum also…

Designed to give the citizens of Texas information on the 1990 White House Conference on Library and Information Services process, this book is intended to disseminate information on the White House Conference and the Texas Conference; provide information and forms to encourage conference involvement through delegate nomination and resolution…