Although the Community Relations Service gets involved in all kinds of disputes arising from discriminatory acts, most of its time is spent responding to difficulties associated with the police, the prisons, employment, and education. Its largest single effort to help resolve school desegregation-related problems took place in a six-month period…

The purpose of the Nogales (Arizona) dropout prevention program was to include business, government, labor, and community groups in a collaborative program to provide intermediate and secondary schools with access to the resources of private and public employers. The primary objectives of the project were to achieve a 50% reduction of the dropout…

During the 1974-75 school year, the major thrust of the second year of the exemplary project was the integration of career education into the curriculum at all levels of instruction. Career education was taught by the regular classroom teacher in all elementary grade schools. Detailed unit plans were developed and published as a guide for…

The publication is a result of the Utah State Board of Education's task force efforts and provides an overview of the State's career education projects and activities. It describes the position of the State Board of Education and its role in assisting the implementation of local programs of career education. A definition of career education and an…

This article discusses the career approach in foreign language instruction, and defines three dimensions for this approach: (1) information, that is, current data about actual jobs requiring language skills, (2) public awareness, and (3) curriculum, that is, providing courses that meet the needs of a career-oriented approach. These three…

This study assesses the economic impact of the Metropolitan Community Colleges (MCC) on the four-county region of metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri. The total economic impact is composed of a network of interactive cash flows between the colleges, business, government, and individuals, and may be derived by adding three distinct components:…

This is a report on two courses, one undergraduate and one graduate, which taught education majors, through films, discussions, book reviews, field trips, and community work, how to become master teachers skilled in reaching culturally different children. The report examines the purposes and content of the courses and concludes that they were…

The document contains the texts of nine papers presented at the first conference of the New Zealand Association for Community Education. "Community as a Basis for Education" focuses on ways of utilizing community resources for education and offering learning programs based on the needs of community members. "Community Education and…

This is a primer designed to help the school management team communicate better. It offers guidelines and ideas for establishing and improving public relations efforts. Chapters cover such subjects as what public relations can do for schools, how to start a public relations program, and the public relations roles of school officials, as well as…

Exploratory case study research, conducted in selected Individually Guided Instruction (IGE) elementary home-school environments, focused on four objectives: describe IGE implementation and home-school-community relations, explain objective one in political terms, generate hypotheses, and make recommendations. Approximately 50 interviews were…

These papers were presented at a series of conferences on language and cultural differences organized by the Texas Education Agency to help school administrators deal with bilingual education, racial integration, and implementation of court orders. The papers address five areas of concern: the concept and definition of culture, culture and the…

The feasibility of combining school and public libraries in Fairfax, Virginia was studied. Case studies were made of attempts by 23 localities in 12 states to combine school and public libraries. Several surveys were conducted to compile applicable laws, regulations, and standards. Four statistical tables were prepared which display information…

Because of such societywide factors as fewer first marriages, couples opting not to have children, a rise in the divorce rate, and a decline in the remarriage rate, the school population is, and probably will continue, declining. The effects of this decline will be greater than most people anticipate. Because conditions vary so much from district…

It is held that the proposed Learning in Community (LinC) program, if introduced into Detroit high schools, will address the major concerns of Detroit citizens for educational achievement by significantly increasing the meaning and motivation the student brings to school. This plan was, it is reported, unanimously endorsed on November 7, 1973, by…

The issue addressed is that of developing effective relationships between the schools and the community. The need for community involvement is explicated and the goals of community involvement are outlined. A theoretical basis for community involvement is presented, followed by the presentation of a model of home-school-community relationships.…