Underlines the need to promote advocacy roles for teachers and counselors who work with ethnically diverse communities. Identifies areas of divergence between the Black community and the educational institutions. Presents a systemic analysis of this divergence as it relates to teaching and counseling. (JAC)

Presents a new focus of evaluation, known as knowledge development, and describes early attempts to implement the concept by the Department of Labor's Youth Programs Office, particularly Youthwork, one of the intermediary corporations contracting to improve school achievement and subsequent youth employment. Discusses guidelines for demonstration…

The community-based approach to sexual learning entails a philosophy of sexuality as a daily lifelong process. Community leaders and school health educators should view themselves as partners in the process of building coalitions which will exert positive influences. (JN)

A coordinator for sexuality programs helped to provide and coordinate parent education, teacher and staff inservice training, team teaching experiences, student counseling, and a broad range of community related activities. Records indicated a drop in reported pregnancies in a school with sexuality education program. (JN)

Lexington, Kentucky has put the concept of collaboration into practice by creating a Community Education Work Council. Through the Council, business, union, education, and government representatives are improving the transition from school to work. The development of the Council and organizational problems are discussed. (Author/JMD)

Describes the career development program at the University of Alabama, designed to enhance career development concepts of students and faculty by being more comprehensive, coordinating faculty and staff, infusing career information into the academic mainstream, establishing better community relations, providing career education in teacher…

Demonstrates the importance and effectiveness of a college-community partnership to the success of Enterprise State Junior College's programs for rural women. Underscores the importance of comprehensive needs assessment, counseling sensitive to women's needs, flexible programing, special support services, and continuous evaluation. (AYC)

Applies some federal legislation and court opinions relative to citizenship and constitutional rights to Native American education policies and practices, particularly those affecting the Navajo. Contends that the Bureau of Indian Affairs policy of allowing school board members to serve only as advisors abridges the constitutional rights of Native…

The Rough Rock Demonstration School special education staff used videotaped vignettes of special education services to communicate with parents and obtain referrals of possibly handicapped children, especially children not in school. The process, involving personal communication and an identification specialist, helped recruit seven children for…

By the fall of l973 Bellarmine College's enrollments had declined 35 percent and the college saw its problems primarily as inadequacy in salesmanship. Now, Bellarmine is described as a market-oriented institution striving to assess the educational needs of its community without changing its commitment to the liberal arts. (Author/MLW)

The 1976 project of the "Michigan Law Review" deals with the significance of the educational system in shaping social order. Three major parts include: the state's requirement of compulsory education and the individual's right of access; individual rights within the public school system; and control of educational decision-making. (LBH)

Describes a school-community program based on and extending the efforts of the Michigan Model Family Geography Challenge. The program includes inviting community members to participate in hands-on activities, as well as, shared activities between parents and students followed by dinner and socializing. Discusses materials, assessment, and…

Describes a partnership that linked ninth-grade earth science students with local government agencies and businesses. It facilitated accessing, manipulating, and analyzing digital imagery from satellites and ground-based data-receiving systems. Highlights three projects that involve middle-level students in real-world geological problem solving.…

Describes creation and implementation of a college service-learning course on "Nonviolence, Peace and Community" in response to local social conflict. The facilitators attempted to create the course from the community, using community participation, collaborative self-directed learning, a Socratic approach to group discussion, and an…

Case study of a small elementary school in rural New South Wales (Australia) found that the community's history, the size of the school, and the relationship between school staff, students, and stakeholders contributed to development of a learning community. Suggests that becoming a learning community involves an ongoing, developmental, and…