Wiring the city of Irvine provided a community-wide education network through a student-controlled, interactive two-way TV system. Adding computer-based education will afford Irvine a first in combined information and education service. (Author/BB)

As part of a comprehensive community treatment program, offenders with multiple employment handicaps were taught job-seeking skills and given intensive support in finding and maintaining employment. Although the program was considered successful, it appears that intensive community treatment must be more closely integrated with special employment…

Describes the Young Writers' Workshops -- community-based Saturday writing seminars held for the elementary students of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. (SJL)

A community education project in Brooks County, Georgia, began in 1977 with five people, developed county-wide support, and now includes a community education county council, federal funding, volunteer programs, after-school programs, agricultural education (especially swine production), and a day-care center. (AN)

Suggests field trips and other community exploration activities to show students that reading exists as a useful skill outside the classroom. (SJL)

Describes a "writer's hotline" telephone program operated at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, in which English faculty address community members' writing problems. Benefits have included increased publicity for the department, improved relationships with the community, and gains in expertise in handling questions of English usage. (DF)

The study was designed to measure the effects of participation and nonparticipation in the community based career education program on post high school career planning and direction of 42 gifted and talented high school students. (SBH)

Following a description of the misfortunes Jamaican agriculture has faced in the past decade, this article focuses on the nonformal adult education program and its relationship to long-range stabilization of agricultural production. (LRA)

A survey of absenteeism among 377 developmentally disabled adults (ages 16 to 70) in community-based training facilities was conducted. Results indicated that clients who resided with their natural parents were absent more frequently than were clients who resided in community living facilities. (Author)

Predelinquent and delinquent youths were given behavior modification, social skills, and self-management training. The youths demonstrated a decrease in the number of problem behaviors exhibited at home and in school. The benefits of a self-management approach to juvenile offenders are discussed. (Author)

Explores the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) public affairs program regulation through analysis of annual reports for 75 television stations, examining amount of time for public issues programing, amount of local affairs programing, total prime time programing, and whether FCC standards are met. (CWM)

The author suggests that community action programs may not be widely adopted unless developers clearly state the benefits to students, reduce implementation time, and answer six questions about feasibility and priority of such programs. (Author/AV)

School systems must become more liberal in granting leaves to administrators, this principal believes. He advocates that schools exchange executive-level personnel with business, industry, and other agencies of the community to achieve horizontal growth among their respective staffs. (Editor)

Current trends in mental retardation services in Massachusetts were investigated using the New England region, the state of Michigan, and the United States as comparative frames of reference. Massachusetts' movement toward reducing reliance on state institutions, reallocating funding, and developing community services and family support is…