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1977
This document asserts that historical, legal, demographic, and other forces indicate that language issues will be a primary focus of future policy contention. Economic formations, demographic movements, class assignments, and political organizations are described as they shape the relationship between language, education, and community identity.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Community Influence, Community Role
Jackson, Barbara L. – 1978
Since the 1960s, dominance of public school community interactions has shifted from school professionals to citizen groups, volunteers in the schools, community agencies and the business community. Evidence of this trend can be discerned from the ongoing Urban Education Studies project, which has school systems in the Council of The Great City…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Involvement
Haisley, Fay; Wilhelmi, George – 1979
Part of a 10 booklet series on talented and gifted education, the booklet discusses developing and administering policy for talented and gifted students. Some aspects to be considered before implementing a new policy are considered, including social issues, administrative concerns, trends in talented and gifted programs, and instructional…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Community Role, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
HELSBY, DEAN – 1967
THE NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER PLAN FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CALLS FOR PROGRAMS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ACHIEVED INITIAL EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL OBJECTIVES, AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED INITIAL EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, FOR MAKING ITS RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, FOR EXTENDING ITS CULTURAL RESOURCES TO THE PUBLIC, AND FOR…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
Riddick, Carol Cutler – 1977
The process called deinstitutionalization, whether of the elderly or mentally disabled, involves complex issues, not the least of which are economic, physical, social, and psychological costs; any attempt to further this process perforce needs a comprehensive, specific plan suited to community needs and to those who are to be served. A workable…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Community Role
Ferguson, Allen R.; And Others – 1977
A study explored the potential economic impacts of a large and successful national program of consumer education. Following a literature review, a qualitative analysis was performed on a wide range of topics. The topics pertained to information and the process of consumer choice, the role of advertising, consumer sovereignty and the supply system,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Role
Stokes, Bruce – 1977
The author provides a global review of family planning techniques and their impact on national birth rates. Sterilization, the pill, and intrauterine devices are the most popular methods of contraception worldwide. Abortion, where it is legal, is also extremely popular. In countries such as the United States where population control is not an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Birth Rate, Community Role, Contraception
Paul, James L.; And Others – 1977
This book offers practical guidelines for planning and implementing mainstreaming at the local school level. Chapter I describes a process for planning which results in the individual school being organizationally and psychologically ready for mainstreaming. Chapter II examines the roles and responsibilities of students, parents, and the community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Role, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Hollister, William G.; And Others – 1973
Based on a North Carolina feasibility study (1967-73) which focused on development of a pattern for providing comprehensive mental health services to rural people, this second program guide deals with organization of a low-income program budget. Presenting the basic assumptions utilized in the development of a low-budget program in Franklin and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Budgets, Citizen Participation, Community Leaders
Bryant, Brenda, Ed. – 1974
This report comes out of the 1974 Teacher Corps Conference, which was held to acquaint Teacher Corps personnel with new ideas to enhance their abilities to train interns to work with children with special needs. The first part of the report is composed of 18 speeches on topics such as: community involvement in education, ethnic diversity,…
Descriptors: Community Role, Competency Based Teacher Education, Demonstration Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
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Lezotte, Lawrence W. – 1976
An aspect of the Lansing, Michigan desegregation process that is examined in this paper is the school elections which have been held since 1969. The purpose of this examination is to determine what, if any, reliable voting patterns can be found in the Lansing community relative to the desegregation process. The assumption underlying this analysis…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Attitudes, Community Role
Cibulka, James G. – 1975
This paper examines whether suburban communities can provide any useful conceptual tools for the examination of the prospects for community control in cities. Several propositions are advanced: First it is argued that the relevance of suburban community control to the poor in the cities is not diminished by the finding that those of high social…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Characteristics, Community Control, Community Involvement
Pelosi, John W.; Johnson, Sandra L. – 1974
This manual, designed for parents and professionals in psychology, social work, and education, attempts to increase understanding of child advocacy and offers practical suggestions on how to become an advocate for an individual child. The handbook provides a systematic way to monitor the environment of a child, to determine whether his individual…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
American Country Life Association, Sioux Falls, SD. – 1965
As part of a 2-year study conducted by the American Country Life Association on leisure and recreation in relationship to country life in America, their forty-fourth annual conference dealt with leisure time, its development and its effects on society. The proceedings of this conference contain papers and discussions dealing with many facets of…
Descriptors: Community Role, Conference Reports, Economic Factors, Government Role
Gittell, Marilyn, Ed.; Hevesi, Alan G., Ed. – 1969
This book is a compilation of readings on the politics of urban education. Topics covered are community power structure, community control, school segregation, decision making in school desegregation, obstacles to desegregation in New York City and leaders in public education. Professionalism and bureaucracy versus community control, critiques of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Black Power, Community Role, Decentralization
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