This article describes the free education system of Guyana. It includes information on nursery and primary education, secondary education, technical and vocational training, special education and continuing education, teacher training, higher education, and educational finance. The importance of community decision making and financing are…

An organized task force can create community awareness of the adolescent substance abuse epidemic sweeping across the nation. The purposes, objectives, structure and action-oriented committee activities of the task force are described. (Author/BL)

Describes the function of community school advisory committees in Kenawha County, West Virginia, and presents guidelines for the role and responsibilities of local school advisory councils. (JG)

A multipart assessment of kindergarten readiness was developed for the State of Vermont. The approach reflects emerging consensus around the appropriate domains of development to include in child assessments, as well as the need to assess schools' readiness for young children and their families. The approach differs from some states' approaches,…

Considered a number of factors which operate across any type of change endeavor at any level which ultimately influence the success of an innovative effort. In this case these factors are the level of public and student sentiment. (Author/RK)

The reactions of workshop participants and the interpretations and impressions of the directors of the programs have provided foundations for developing a total community effort to solve the complex problems related to drugs. (Author)

Information is presented on the prevalence and incidence of mental retardation in the general population, on the process of institutionalization, and on recent temporal trends. (Author)

In those communities where the school system extends its power and influence outside the realm of white middle class America, the school and its staff must guard the right of parents/families to shape the content of the education of their children. (Author)

The developmental model of the structure-process system extends an educational context and responsibility to the populations currently defined as mentally retarded. (Author)

This article discusses a process in which people in a community setting offer counsel to one another. (Author)

Strengthening the home front for defending the interiors from enemy attack should become the main purpose of adult education during the national emergency. (Author/ML)

Interagency cooperation at all levels involves material and personnel. Not only must the material be sufficient, but the personnel must be enthusiastic and cooperative. (MF)