The issues addressed in this paper include: (1) various views of what constitutes a community; (2) the controversy over the quantity, kind, and division of decisionmaking powers allotted to community action groups; (3) arguments against and in favor of community participation; (4) characteristics which prohibit citizen participation among…

This report attempts to determine how successful community groups have been at influencing school decision-making and policy formation. It begins by surveying several research and evaluation studies regarding citizen participation in educational decisions and placing special emphasis on a field study of 16 community organizations. The analysis…

This booklet is the third in a series that examines community school centers. A variety of strategies that have been developed for managing community school centers are examined. Four aspects of management are discussed: (1) setting up an organizational structure that establishes relationships among participants; (2) ways of making the structure…

Part of a project to assist educators, parents, and community leaders as they develop and implement citizenship education programs, the document provides information to help youth program leaders assess the influence of their efforts on development of youngsters' basic citizenship competence. The document is presented in five chapters. Chapter I…

Bringing together parents, teachers, and researchers, this conference was intended to provide a climate in which participants could examine their own needs and develop their own action plans for the development and implementation of parent and community participation in schools. The goals of the conference were to provide descriptions of proven…

The workbook briefly outlines curriculum development with an emphasis on Native American curriculum materials. Written in conversational style, it contains very basic information and examples regarding: the scope, sequence, and definition of curriculum; how curriculum materials get into the educational system; and a 5-step curriculum development…

THE PURPOSE OF THE 3-YEAR PROJECT, BEGUN IN OCTOBER 1966, IS TO DESIGN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO MODIFY THE PERCEPTIONS OF URBAN DISADVANTAGED YOUTH TOWARD OFFICE WORK SO THEY CAN MAKE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO OFFICE EMPLOYMENT, AND TO DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR PREPARING OFFICE EDUCATION TEACHERS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. THE…

REPORTED IS THE CONTROVERSY OVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 201 IN HARLEM--THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PARENTS TO THE SITE SELECTION, WHICH THEY FELT WOULD INSURE SEGREGATION, THE ROLE OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO OPPOSE THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL. THE GRIEVANCES AND DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITY…

THIS PUBLICATION DISCUSSES APPROACHES TO THE SEARCH FOR ACADEMIC POTENTIAL AMONG DISADVANTAGED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THE EFFORTS OF THE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP SERVICE AND FUND FOR NEGRO STUDENTS (NSSFNS) TO MOTIVATE AND FINANCIALLY AID DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS TO ATTEND INTERRACIAL COLLEGES. BETWEEN 1952 AND 1954, THE NSSFNS SOUTHERN…

Lectures included in this volume are: Operation SER (Service, Education Rehabilitation); Unions and Farm Labor; California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children; Housing Camps for Migrants; and California Legal Rural Assistance. These lectures have been chosen from those presented as part of the pre-service phase of a 2-year Teacher Corps…

Development of cognitive competence and constructive patterns of motivation and behavior in the disadvantaged child are the topics of this paper. Five subjects are explored: (1) the potency of models, (2) social reinforcement, (3) intensive relationships, (4) group forces, and (5) superordinate goals. The first two subjects cover basic processes…

Cultural pluralism is the rationale currently used for implementation of American Indian or Native Studies, but the practice of Indian Studies has always been an inherent part of Indian cultures. Problems currently facing Indian Studies include: belief by some that Indian Studies most properly belongs in the home; inadequate and/or erroneous…

This report contains the results of a survey of board of education members' and school administrators' attitudes toward collective bargaining. More than 1,600 board members and administrators were questioned at the 1976 National School Boards Association convention on all aspects of collective bargaining, including how school districts negotiate,…

Representing the efforts of the Navajo Division of Education in the initial phase of planning and developing the Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program for the Navajo Nation, this document includes rationale, educational philosophy, and program goals. Additionally, it addresses procedures regarding: implementation (needs assessment coupled with…

The relationship between research and educational policy in the areas of school system decentralization and community control is analyzed in this dissertation. The literature on decentraliztion and community control is reviewed. It is contended that existing empirical research on these subjects has not systematically tested the assumptions…