Discusses emergent citizen groups at the local community level: how they operate in disasters, their characteristics at emergency and nonemergency times, other types of emergence, and implications for emergency management. (CT)

Looks at the respective roles of the diocese, parish, and school in creating good fund-raising and development programs. Considers what each has to offer, what each has to gain, and how their efforts can be coordinated. (DMM)

Presents a case study of a health education process--community organization--that deals with an issue of health protection. Provides a description of the community and history of the problem, the nature of the intervention team, the theoretical and conceptual model held by the intervention team, a description of the intervention, and assessment of…

Parent-teacher associations can take advantage of resources offered by many other organizations to develop interesting and educational programs. A listing of several national and local groups to contact for information is given. (DF)

When the parents of school age children have significant relationships with their children's schoolmates, a particularly strong school-community relationship forms. Public schools in the United States are best organized to serve such functional, neighborhood communities, which are rapidly disappearing. School reorganization might renew community…

Parents and community members can work together with schools to enhance educational programs by serving as support persons and decision makers. Suggested approaches for PTA use in involving the community and parents are offered. (DF)

Noting that careful selection of assemblies can result in meaningful programs functioning as supplements to classroom learning and bridges to the community, this article describes one principal's assembly planning considerations and procedures. (MJL)

One hundred ninety-seven volunteers were surveyed to assess community development knowledge and skill gains and community involvement and community building behavior from participation in a Master Gardener program. Though the program was intended to disseminate horticultural information, it was found to have a serendipitous effect on community…

Music In Our Schools Month (March) provides an excellent opportunity for music teachers to reach out beyond the school to new audiences, to people of all ages. For example, teachers can take music groups to retirement homes or ask parents and grandparents to become chorus members or attend rehearsals. (RM)

The operation of a "Walkabout" program at a large urban magnet school is reviewed. After frequent exposure to supervised community experiences in regular humanities courses students may undertake independent, semester-long Walkabout projects, usually career-oriented. (MJL)

Teachers should draw from the resources of their economic, educational, governmental, and religious communities in teaching composition. (DD)

Two examples were given to illustrate the relationship of community education and teacher training. In the first case an educational foundations program was presented and in the second the organizational structure of a secondary methods course was outlined. (Author/RK)

The history and practices of the Hutterite communal society in America are outlined. Every Hutterite child attends a German school for 101/2 hours per week. Major emphasis is on skills of reading and writing German, and the language serves to unite the group in its spiritual and cultural heritage. (CHK)

This guide provides teachers with a nine-step process to empower students to plan and implement civic participation projects in their community. The guide lists the materials students need and outlines the procedures for guiding students in the civic action project. It suggests that the teacher: (1) decide on a project in advance; (2) introduce…

Despite its growing prominence as a political reform strategy, it is still unclear whether deliberation, with its emphasis on an inclusive process where citizens and politicians listen to each other and are open to persuasion, is a feasible strategy for engaging citizens in public education. This paper explores the feasibility of practical…