The Phi Delta Kappa Educational Planning Model is analyzed and proves to be a reliable technique for assessing educational goals when used by a group of students, teachers, and community members. (JD)

If the relationships between student violence and school size, community participation, and organizational climate can be determined, administrators may then be assisted in developing and implementing effective means of reducing school violence. (Author)

For every ten state parks jobs in Tennessee, three to four additional jobs are created in the local area. (JD)

One of the most important elements in the prevention of school violence and vandalism is the active involvement of the entire educational community. (Author/AM)

Discusses how to make a slide/sound program that students will learn from and that the community will appreciate. (KS)

Identifies sources of free instructional materials, speakers, and work experiences for students in secondary level economics classes. (AV)

Describes the Community Gardens project at Worthington Community College (Minnesota). The college makes unused land available to community residents for garden plots. (JG)

Asserts that lack of adequate training, costs in time, and the image of anthropology as a science are reasons why simulated field experiences offer promising alternatives to the risks of field work based on inadequate training in anthropology. Discusses class observation of unnarrated films, the use of classmates and visiting members of a…

Suggests that it would be wrong for courses to be set up in art colleges for town artists since out of that may develop a form of institutional stereotype. Town artists should be engaged as individuals, each one working in his own geographic and/or social area. (Author/AM)

An interview with special educators F. Connor, S. Kirk, and B. Blatt covers such topics as the potential for backlash against P.L. 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act), problems of teacher training, and community involvement in special education. (For related information, see EC 101 133.) (CL)

Describes the foundation of "Foxfire," a quarterly magazine largely produced by Rabun Gap, Georgia, high school students; the Foxfire Fund is also explained. (KS)

Gives suggestions for developing a media-oriented local history project and for preparing students to conduct preliminary research and interviews. (KS)

Discusses three articles which document the interaction of physical and social components that stratify cities by race and cites differences in family size, work time, and expectations from a move that affect differences in perceptions and behavior between black suburbanites and white gentrifiers. (Author/LHW)

Successful park and recreation organizations rely on citizen boards and commissions whose membership includes effective and efficient leaders. To develop leadership skills, a training program for these boards is described; steps to establish and organize such a program are given. (JL)

Being more than managers, school leaders can advance the profession by initiating a comprehensive curriculum development process that examines the future to determine needed skills and knowledge, redefines what constitutes an educated person and good teaching, creates a mission statement, and considers the need for structural or organizational…