Employers and educators in Dallas have created an effective, popular career development program; graduates are prepared for continuing education and possess entry-level skills in a job specialty. Flexible curricula allow students to construct directly relevant programs from fast-paced academic work and practical training in 27 "career…

In the teaching of reading, Sinclairville doesn't mess around; it pervades every subject, and the entire community gets into the act. (Editor)

An educational trend in Tanzania, Africa, is the changing of secondary schools to vocational schools to accelerate social and economic development. About 30 percent of secondary schools will become agricultural boarding schools which emphasize practical work on school farms and a community approach. (EA)

Day treatment for the emotionally disturbed child was the focus of this short-term summer project. Among the positive results of this program was the increased interaction of children, parents, center, and community. (CS)

Describes the type of organization known as a charrette; relates its effects to the larger social process, and examines some aspects of the technical and advisory roles of mental health consultants participating in this process, making recommendations where needed. (Author/JM)

A community controlled district in Harlem showed many positive features over a non-community controlled district; but today it no longer exists. Although quickly subverted by the larger organization, such unsanctioned social experiments provide significant new data for urban public organizations. (DM)

A Texas-sized superschool that tries to educate kids for the real world. (Editor)

Suggests that in deciding what should be written into the franchise of cable television and to whom it should be given, local groups can have their first and perhaps greatest influence over the way cable will affect their community. (JM)

Study sought to conceptualize and test an analytical model for scrutinizing learning situations and communities prior to implementing adult education programs in a rural Wisconsin community. (DS)

A short history of the Community Free School, the relationship of scattered schools to the pedagogical model, a presentation of the substance of the study, and its results and conclusions. (DM)

Calls for an end to all divisiveness between vocational and nonvocational programs so that business and office education can get on with attacking more serious problems. (Editor)

The changes hoped for and expected in the coming years, though they are not likely to be heralded as the direct issue of radical Third World" philosophies, will be focused on individual human development and dialogical participation. (Author)

Emphasizes the low priorities that the Administration's planners of Health Maintenance Organizations have assigned toward correcting the maldistribution of health delivery and community/consumer participation, and reviews some of the health bills already submitted to Congress. (JM)

Argues that action by community groups on the local level can help foster three concepts of better broadcasting: diversity, localism, and balance in dealing with news and controversial issues; illustrates this argument with the case of WLBT-TV, Jackson, Mississippi. (JM)