Suggestions for spotlighting school district people and events are offered as ways of revitalizing school board meetings and capturing the public's attention and interest. (Author/MLF)

Discusses philosophical issues related to health education in developed countries: the role of the health educator, the Health Belief Model for the study of health behaviors, community involvement, and the relationship between education and coercion as a function of legislation. (CM)

Defines experience and explores its relation to education. Describes the results of a survey of high school students' community and intercultural experiences and discusses the implications of both for social science education. (Author/CK)

Describes a program underway in the Salt Lake City School District to ensure governance and community involvement with the schools. (LD)

Describes a program in which nursing home residents make biweekly visits to a near-by day care center, and day care children, on alternate weeks visit the nursing home. (CM)

New techniques always have economic and social consequences, and hence political and ideological implications, which pose problems for society. Computerization has been no exception to the rule, particularly since its applications impinge on every field and open up breathtaking prospects in every sector of society. (Author/BB)

The author's observations, based upon a recent Senior Fullbright Fellowship in West Germany, reflect educational reform of vocational education in West Germany, which advocates reducing and revamping community involvement by formalizing and integrating community experiences with formal education. The author feels a reverse strategy is needed in…

There is a growing number of small, little-known public museums and arts centers whose only connection to a college is location on the campus. (Author)

Reproduced is the report made by a citizens' group in Cambridge, Massachusetts and presented to the city council that outlines safety regulations for the conduct of recombinant DNA research at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (CS)

Development of the placement program in Highland Community Schools included obtaining administrative approval, publicity, slide presentations for business and industrial groups, and resulted in a successful placement service that was not a significant cost factor within the school's budget. (TA)

Highlights what the literature says about conflict and its resolution. (IRT)

Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky uses modern technology to write his poems and contends "the computer is an extension of poetry." This article describes his "Favorite Poem Project" in which 100 or more Americans read the poems they love on tape. Profiles Mr. Pinsky's work. (AEF)

Describes one urban education program that provides student teachers with firsthand experiences in urban settings and the observations and lessons learned by the participants. Implications for urban teacher-preparation programs conclude the report. (GR)

A Colorado elementary school developed a user-friendly, performance-based report card with the help of students, parents, and staff and adapted it to a spreadsheet. The school sent an explanatory brochure and a detailed survey to solicit parents' response. Fully 65% of parents found the new format to be as useful or better than the old format.…