Educational planning and change should involve parental interest in policies and practices. On the classroom level both parents and teachers can contribute to the decision making process. (JMF)

Discusses the possibilities of meeting educational goals: the transition to adulthood; provisions for experiential learning; community involvement in education; providing alternatives to traditional schools; improvement of instructional materials; respect for students' rights and individual identities; and providing new approaches to teacher…

Five sets of suggestions are given: (1) phases the community must go through in changing to metrics; (2) tips for schools; (3) guidelines for teachers; (4) activities for elementary schools; and (5) activities for secondary schools. (MK)

Focuses on the mutual need effective prevention programing and drug research have on one another. Presents a brief natural history of a South Bronx, New York City junior high school survey completed in 1976. Findings relating to the development of prevention efforts in the school and community are reviewed. (Author)

Advocates a life-centered curriculum approach, which focuses on 22 skills essential for successful community living and working. Recommends that counselors assume specific responsibilities in this approach and outlines competencies necessary to carry out guidance and counseling activities for persons with handicaps at four phases of career…

Discusses the development of communication between school and community. This includes several vital procedures and contributing organizational structures which provide secondary and intermediate age students with exposures to a variety of career opportunities. (Author/RK)

The four steps necessary in evolving a model for a community education program are described as examination of the community, establishment of objectives, utilization of related research, and application of ethical principles. (RW)

An inner city school solved its attendance problem by developing special attendance teams that helped promote plans of positive action to prevent children from becoming chronic absentees and potential dropouts. (Author/RK)

Based on the experience of Youth Service, Incorporated, a voluntary child welfare agency in Philadelphia, this article explores beliefs about community-based care of troubled teenagers. To develop a lasting system of high-quality, community-based care, it is essential that fact be discerned from fiction and harsh realities faced. (Author)

Amerindianization of the schools does not alter or remedy the difficulties experienced by American Indian students, because while the content or staff and curriculum may be Amerindian, the methods, approaches, and structure do not change. (JC)

Discusses bringing the community into the planning and development stages of educational facilities, including postoccupancy evaluations, to enhance the facility's positive impact on the community. Provides examples of one school district's success planning for new computer workstations in anticipation of future regulations, as well as one failed…

In Baltimore, Maryland, 49 schools are working with the National Network of Partnership-2000 Schools at Johns Hopkins University to build comprehensive, permanent partnership programs with their families and communities. This article profiles three elementary schools that attribute their success to action teams, six types of family involvement,…

American colleges and universities will play an increasingly important role in revitalizing a national sense of identity and community. Judicial affairs offices can contribute to that process by helping students define and protect values essential to community life. (Author)

The intervention described here involved having minors try to purchase tobacco and alcohol, then citizens issuing citations to clerks who completed sales or commendations to those who refused. The intervention reduced alcohol, but not cigarette sales to minors. (SM)

Following a bullying episode at a rural Alberta junior high school, staff created a zero-tolerance policy (of automatic suspensions or expulsions) toward future incidents. Administrators should be proactive in dealing with student violence, use a multifaceted approach, form an advisory program, consider group dynamics, refrain from…