A constant challenge for any university location within an urban residential enclave is to engage the neighboring community in a continuing and purposeful dialogue on how to mitigate the negative impacts and increase the positive impacts of its presence on the quality of life of that community. The Maryland Plan, a strategy resulting from a shared…

Proposes some educational objectives that offer direction for educational leadership while providing a constructive avenue for other institutions, agencies, and individuals to have a say in the schooling of children. (Author/WM)

A discription of the philosophy and activities of a research and development laboratory located in a multi-ethnic New York City community of disadvantaged students, and the procedures it developed that successfully involved students, parents, teachers, and residents in the totality of the curriculum development process. (EH)

Suggests ways to help put students in touch with their world, especially the school and local areas. The use of "webbing" to stimulate series of learning activities is also presented. (SDH)

Harmony among educational philosophy, organizational structure, and physical design is achieved through teacher-student-parent-administration cooperative planning and decisionmaking. (Author/DW)

Today's top 10 educational issues are: (1) children held in low esteem; (2) changing work force demographics requiring a new vision of training and hiring objectives; (3) a corner-cutting ethic promoting mediocrity; (4) the development of ethnic "beachheads" which impede the assimilation of immigrants into American society; (5) leadership guided…

At a time when many families across all income levels are experiencing greater stress and when child poverty is at record levels, the school cannot function as an isolated institution. Instead, public education has been thrust into the more responsible position of helping young needy families achieve self-sufficiency. There is a pressing need for…

Ways in which schools and communities collaborate to create a learning community are described in this fifth guidebook in a series of nine video conferences on school restructuring. Extended school and community roles include enrichment of the learning environment, coordination of a learning support network, and expansion of the community of…

This book presents hands-on information on how to plan, administer, and analyze opinion polls. Guidance is also offered on how to make this strategy accessible to public interest groups. Several examples, checklists, warnings of possible pitfalls, and lists of material and human resources occur throughout the chapters. Major sections address the…

Twelve papers are presented from the 1984 Hungarian-Dutch symposium on adult education and public information. Titles and authors include "The Situation of Mental Health in Hungary" (Katalin Fodor, Jozsef Gerevich); "Andragology in the Netherlands" (B. van Gent); "Needs in Local Planning for Adult Education: Experiences in…

This report, the second of two volumes, provides descriptions and legislative histories of Federal programs that affect the rights of children to education of high quality, opportunities for self-sufficiency, healthy bodies, and safe and liveable environments. Programs and related legislation are grouped under the headings of these four rights.…

Background readings and project ideas to involve elementary and secondary school students in fundraising for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty are provided. Materials can be divided into two sections. The first section, background readings, contains President Ronald Reagan's opening remarks at the ceremony introducing the Statue of…

Pennsylvania's school districts and area vocational-technical schools are required to submit long range plans to the Pennsylvania Department of Education every 5 years. One of the required components of the planning process is the involvement of the community and staff in planning. This planning guide describes the standards that districts must…

Describing community cable as television's best chance at zeroing in on the needs and interests of a specific local audience, as well as a fertile environment for breeding a new variety of children's television, this handbook discusses the potential of and issues and factors involved in local programming. Topics addressed are why community cable…

The booklet, developed at Red School House for Indian communities, demonstrates visually in a cultural context the series of actions constitute a needs assessment. The illustrated text tells the story of a traditional community that is in need of food for the survival of its people. The question of how to cross the river to see if food is…