In February 1971, the Bureau of Indian Affairs granted $22,900 to the Oglala Sioux to develop a tribal sponsored college center. According to the proposal, the grant would be used to plan and initiate a system which: (1) uses courses to reach out to the area population on the basis of their needs; (2) is integrated with the agencies and…

Investigations and findings of the Temporary State Commission on Youth Education in Environmental Conservation for the State of New York are conveyed in this final report. A philosophical rationale introduces the report followed by a history of the Commission and a summary of its activities under the present staff. Highlights of six regional…

Local ministers and congregations are encouraged to join with, and take advantage of, the community college as a means of reaching and helping the new breed of college student who attends a community college. The traditional approach of campus ministry is discussed, and the differences in the life situation of community college students are…

Definitions, standards, and activities of good day care are outlined in question and answer form in this evaluation booklet. Topics included are: services of the family day care home and the day care center; the availability and offerings of day care; types of children who need it; ways it can help; financial arrangements; and daily routines of…

This paper supports the contention that community parity is an essential condition for the successful implementation of all projects supported by the U.S. Office of Education. The paper begins with a summary of the reasoning underlying this position, followed by some recommendations designed to guide planners of future government programs in…

This provides board policy samples and other policy resources on advisory committees. The intent in providing policy samples is to encourage thinking in policy terms and to provide working papers that can be edited, modified, or adapted to meet local requirements. Topics covered in the samples include use of advisory committees as a means of…

This report describes results of the second year of a three-year extension of an Office of Education-funded program to prepare teachers and teacher aides to work with exceptional children in the regular classrooms. Emphasis was placed on three major areas: the training of teachers and aides, community involvement and institutional change, and the…

This report advocates increased participation of parents and students in the decisionmaking process. The author argues that of all the school constituents -- parents, students, teachers, administrators, and various citizen organizations and special interest groups -- parents and students have the least influence. Thus, the political balance of…

This speech discusses three aspects of community participation used in Los Angeles junior high schools--education aides, a volunteer program, and school-community advisory councils. The author describes the roles of the three groups and discusses their effectiveness, emphasizing that successes or failures of community participation are tied to the…

This document is the work of a committee from a group of parents of Palo Alto known as the Citizens for a Multicultural Program. The group organized out of concern that an organized attack on the school district's multicultural program might destroy it before it had even begun. This report is intended to examine the source material of the Citizens…

The past ten years have seen great changes in school and community relationships and in the style of decision-making. (Editor)

Explores the cessation of the protest activity prevalent during the 1960s by examining one form of protest activity -- that which occurred in several Los Angeles high schools -- by means of an analytical framework based on a view of protest as a bargaining tactic designed to induce the intervention of sympathetic third parties. (Author/JM)

Presents the inside story of how an elementary school science curriculum incorporated into its program the building of a greenhouse, built at very low cost due to student and community enthusiasm. Materials and palns are described. (EB)

It is essential that time and effort be spent in order to better understand the issues and impact of learning disabilities in adolescence. (PHR)