This handbook is provided to serve as a guide for parents and school personnel in establishing and in determining the functions of Title One, ESEA, parent advisory councils. From the very beginning of Title One, the involvement of parents and community representatives in the school program has been recognized as an important element in the ability…

This report focuses on how teachers can best be introduced to teaching in low-income schools. The report is based on findings in research literature and documents. An in-depth literature review draws on materials from a number of different educational disciplines for perspectives on training methods, competencies, characteristics, and other…

Intended to supplement the fifth grade textbook "Young Consumers" (part of the "Law in Action Series" by West Publishing Company, 1980), this guide contains 22 lessons each of which includes a classroom visit from a community resource person. The guide is a product of the Urban Consumer Education Project, a cooperative program between the St.…

The increased demand on educational administrators to share power with parents, community groups, teachers, and school staff emphasizes the need for more participative decision-making and for improved communications with school groups and the outside public. Participative decision-making through groups or councils requires clear, unambiguous…

Upon completion of this learning unit on parent/teacher/community relationships, Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees will be better able to (1) promote positive functioning of children and adults in a group, (2) bring about coordination of home and center practices, and (3) carry out related, supplemental responsibilities. Information is…

In a study of Teacher Corps implementation of multicultural education and collaboration components in inservice teacher education programs, four community sites and their schools were studied. This volume presents the case studies of each community in a narrative form. To preserve anonymity, the names of people and places connected with the study…

As part of the annual evaluation of Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) projects, this report was produced. It is organized into six sections: (1) Programmatic Goals; (2) Evaluation Techniques; (3) Findings; (4) Discussion; (5) Summary and Conclusions; and (6) Abstracts of Project Reports. The abstracts are based on annual…

The educational institution's resistance to change may be attributed to its non-profit motive, domesticated service role, bureaucratic structure, and the fact that its existence is ensured by law. The characteristics likely to contribute to the success of change agent in school settings are: (1) a high social status within the faculty of the…

The history of the first public co-educational liberal arts college in New York City, from 1930 to the present is examined as a reflection of American higher education during this period. Part 1, "The Early Years," discusses how free education came to Brooklyn, life in the Borough Hall district, the academic scene, student movements, and…

This paper contains a literature review on mental health programs, prevention measures, and school systems. The mental health of school children is examined, the concept of prevention is reviewed, and the role of the school system in prevention is discussed. Literature dealing with school-based efforts in concert with the family and the community…

This report focuses on the learning and development of primary and secondary school children, employing an "ecology of human development" model. This model is defined as involving the scientific study of the accommodation between growing human beings and the changing immediate settings in which they live and learn. The conceptual framework for the…

This paper contains the revised drug education guidelines for the state of California, which emphasize prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. The materials define school-based alcohol and drug abuse prevention programming as a comprehensive process that not only provides students with accurate information about alcohol and drugs, but also enhances…

The Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, under the US Office of Education and later the National Institute of Education, designed and carried out a five year plan intended to modify its programs in ways that would enable its largely Mexican American students and community to profit more from the education offered. An…

Growth of a human resources perspective among work institutions, mirrored by the lifelong learning perspective in educational institutions, has created an opportunity for collaboration among and within education, business, labor, and government. Barriers to such interaction between education and work include different formats for teaching and…

A philosophical orientation to teacher education would be a critical orientation, laying stress on the clarification of terminology, on the understanding of the logic of subject matter, and on a consideration of "what the known demands," or action deemed necessary from content knowledge. Fragmentation would be overcome, and a synthesis would be…