This guidebook is one in the Target Topic Series developed to highlight issues and concerns related to effective community education operation. It is intended for the community educator and community education advisory council member who want to learn about the importance of community involvement to the quality of life in the community. A pretest…

The purpose of this bulletin is to point out the advantages of small schools (five rooms or less) and what makes them quality schools. Answers are supplied for the question, Why a Lutheran School in Our Congregation? (to provide opportunities through which the Holy Spirit can develop and maintain the Christian faith in each pupil) and When is a…

Author makes an argument for the involvement of potential users in the planning of new school buildings, noting that such collaboration will result not only in better buildings but also in a more responsive educational program. (Editor/RK)

A description of how research and theoretical concepts dealing with poverty-stricken communities were translated into effective social action programs. (EH)

A presentation of the pros and cons concerning access television in Great Britain. (HB)

Parents, professional educators, boards of education, legislators, and the general public are justifiably questioning the monies spent on education, school efficiency, what schools are actually accomplishing, and who controls the results of schooling. However, accountability, as envisioned by its major supporters, will address none of these…

Administrators' reactions to educational reforms in France. (RL)

Finds editorial writers highly educated, well satisfied with their positions, well paid, and active in community and public affairs. (RB)

The Community-Based Program (CBP) Model was developed to achieve several major goals: 1) to provide learning experiences to children that are functional for them at the time, 2) to emphasize family and community participation and development, 3) to emphasize broad service delivery to the family (as opposed to educational service to one child), and…

Racial differences in membership in and attendance of voluntary associations were analyzed for comparable samples of 753 black and 260 white residents of Philadelphia age 65 and over. The results of the regression analysis indicated the black aged belonged to more associations than the white aged and had higher rates of attendance. (Author)

This research attempted to find out how the arts are faring amid economic and social forces which create and alter entire life styles for those who live in new towns. (Author/RK)

As part of China's educational reform program, university students learn agricultural techniques in a community-school program. (JR)

Several of the career education programs on both the elementary and secondary levels are briefly discussed. These programs are attempts to integrate career awareness and education. (JB)

Photographs of George Segal's environmental art inspired a high school sculpture class to create their own environment. (Author)

The evolution of America's oldest junior college is traced from its beginnings as a cooperative agreement between the president of the University of Chicago and the principal of Joliet High School to its present plans for a Diamond Jubilee celebration, with an emphasis on responsive future goals. (NHM)