Describes a wide variety of activities supported by a Connecticut grade school (four to six) parent-teacher organization, including afterschool minicourses, computer literacy assistance, school beautification, and an advanced reading program. (JBM)

This article explores the benefits and drawbacks of centralized versus local control of schools. It concludes that our traditional conflict between Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian perspectives makes it possible for us to avoid a permanent imbalance between centrist imperatives and the need to maintain rural strength. (PB)

University fund raising for private support, a new development in Australia, is encouraged. The issues, benefits, and details of program organization are outlined, and examples of Australian universities' successes with fund raising are given. (MSE)

Notes problems for rural science educators caused by the emergence of the postindustrial age. Describes developments in computer technology and notes how computers could assist rural teachers in solving postindustrial problems. Notes how rural schools' computer use could alter the role and preparation of rural science teachers. (SB)

Outlines the attitudes and strategies necessary for an approach to educational achievement which acknowledges the importance of nonacademic activities that interlock with classroom teaching and curricular content. Argues that greater effort must be made by family, community, school, and administrators to recognize their common responsibility in…

Measures both access and externality effects of neighborhood schools on the value of surrounding residential properties. While access effect appears to dominate, an external cost is identified as well, based on a downward biased estimate of aggregate value loss if neighborhood school is closed or busing eliminates neighborhood character.…

Practical suggestions to help K-12 teachers implement studies about local government are provided. Included are a list of goals, program activities, tips for involving the community, a sampling of questions concerning the government that students can research, steps for developing a local government simulation, and a bibliography of resource…

Describes a reading program that used community volunteers to read aloud to elementary school children. (FL)

The Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, provides an internship program for students enrolled in the art education program at the University of Regina. The gallery trains teachers in the concepts of aesthetic education and the use of art objects and gallery resources in the teaching of those concepts. (RM)

Concludes that reading clinics run by colleges offer services to the community as well as for training students in diagnosis and remediation and that their services, fees, and clients vary. (FL)

Examines the influence of a school volunteer program on the personal growth of volunteers, who showed a significantly higher self-concept and were more self-motivating that nonvolunteers. Also, nonvolunteers employed outside the home had higher self-esteem than those who were not. (TE)

Documents an amazing number of community services, many of which are local Chapter and class activities, emanating from the vocational home economics program in Ohio. (Editor/HD)

The Mid Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) provides an assessment of the technical assistance needs of educational stakeholders, including educators, parents, and policymakers in our region, in response to a directive from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. This RAC is one of ten such committees appointed by the Secretary…

This document provides an overview and analysis of how a series of national conferences held in the fall of 2003 framed conversations around high schools and high-school-age youth This analysis explores the underlying assumptions of these frameworks and the extent to which they coalesced or diverged. The report also examines the content of the…

Education reforms such as "A Nation at Risk" and "Goals 2000" have come and gone. However, we can be confident that the goal of student improvement shall not pass if the core mission is student learning. The true mission of learning has prompted educators to ponder the following questions: How do we need each student to behave?…