Second-year evaluation of the career education projects at Saint Paul and Minneapolis from October 1975 through June 1976 was conducted in three phases: Management activities, curriculum development/inservice workshops, and student outcomes. Findings indicated evidences of community involvement, staff development through inservice activities, cost…

The Boston University Interdisciplinary School Consultation Project was initiated in 1971 and continued until the end of the school year in 1974. Its major objectives were: (1) to improve the skill, capacity and understanding of those who wanted to work in urban areas, and (2) to develop collaborative methods of dealing with children and families…

The Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.) program, operated by the St. Louis County Juvenile Court, Clayton, Missouri, provides career orientation and counseling, high school equivalency and remedial education, and placement and follow-up to deliquent school dropouts age sixteen and older. Community organizations help to promote client status…

Because organizations need a way of looking at how they function when decisions are made, where the choice points are, when conflict occurs and ow it is resolved, a role must be created in schools and community mental health centers to facilitate the monitoring of organization functions. (Author/BP)

Describes a vocational program for special education students at Kennebunk High School in Kennebunk, Maine, that guides students from the classroom, to an in-house business, to a community-based job-learning position, and then to placement in an appropriate job. Stresses opportunities in small business and entrepreneurship as well as…

Presents a wildlife and landscape management plan that was developed for the British College of Agriculture farm. Discusses the economic value and the educational value of wildlife plans. Proposes that such wildlife conservation plans be developed for other farmlands in Great Britain. (TW)

Presents a skeptical perspective on the English teaching profession and the educational system in general. Argues that the alleged educational crisis is in fact an encompassing social crisis, necessitating teachers to teach from a social and political perspective. (MM)

Communication with the entire educational team and school community about the benefits to expect if a school library media specialist has the opportunity to fulfill his or her professional responsibility is critical. The school library media specialist can then develop objectives based on school needs and be evaluated on the outcomes. (EM)

Discusses the status of home schooling in Canada, pointing out the rapid expansion of the movement and the unresolved points of difference between schooling and the research findings used in its support. Urges full cooperation between schools and home schoolers. (JHZ)

State and federal policymakers should consider research findings that demonstrate how quality early childhood programs prevent later academic failure among children from low-income families. Recommends ways funding and programs should be implemented. References included. (CJH)

The Department of Education, in its report, "The Search for Successful Secondary Schools," presents six "common sense" attributes found among 571 winning schools in competition: (1) good principals, (2) discipline, (3) good teachers, (4) high expectations and high standards, (5) parent and community involvement, and (6) ethos.…

Describes an elaborate but inexpensive school bus disaster drill staged by Consolidated High School District No. 230 in Palos Hills, Illinois, to test community preparedness for such types of emergencies. (JBM)

Provides a seven-step process for involving school and community members in school board policy revisions that may affect them adversely. Procedure includes setting up a drafting committee among administrators, getting outside help, and forming a policy review committee with representatives of affected constituencies, prior to passage and…

School counselors are encouraged to initiate innovative programs designed to help students develop the necessary personal, technical and social skills needed to cope in a constantly changing society. (NWS)

Stewardship of place is an idea whose time has come. Much of the improvement in economic opportunity and quality of life sought by policymakers for the citizens of their states depends on the acceptance by universities (especially metropolitan universities) of a leadership role in their communities. But university leadership cannot marshal the…