Ira Gordon's parent education model began to be applied in the Follow Through Parent Education Program in Richmond, Virginia, in the late 1960s. Parent educators from the community made home visits and initiated home-school learning cycles. The assessment and future of the program are discussed. (BC)

By purchasing locally grown foods, Hendrix College (Arkansas) has found it can offer better nutrition, cut environmental damage, and spur economic development. The Local Food Project has reduced the amount of food purchased out of state from 90-70 percent, and is aiming for 50 percent in three years. Student participation is integral. (Author/MSE)

Discusses the effects of economic, racial, and age diversification of suburbia; societal and institutional racism; reduction of college funding; and high minority dropout rates on community colleges. Suggests that colleges need new ways of collecting and analyzing data and two-way communication with their publics to reexamine how resources,…

Argues that rural two-year colleges must go beyond traditional job training programs for business/industry to have a decisive impact on local economic development. Presents a comprehensive economic development model, including human capital development; economic development awareness; and business, special group, infrastructure, and agricultural…

Describes Northwest Indian College's Business Assistance Center which provides technical support, advice on business planning and operation, and assistance in dealing with local lending institutions for entrepreneurs starting or expanding businesses on the Lummi Reservation. Highlights the success of the new center's first client, a carpenter.…

This article on the changing role of residential schools for students with visual impairments considers residential schools' emerging role as resource and demonstration centers, working with local schools to combine resources and increase success of mainstreamed students, and their potential roles in information and referral services and research.…

Describes the social studies fair held every 3 years in St. Louis County, Missouri, for kindergarten through grade 12. Explains the fair is to encourage students to research an important social studies idea or concept and plan a project that turns an abstract idea into a concrete representation. Outlines the planning and logistics of such a…

Describes Evergreen Valley College's ENLACE program, designed to retain and matriculate Hispanic students and enable them to complete a cognitive academic core of English and math courses. ENLACE involves community mentors in communication and math skills improvement, career exposure, and serving as role models. Reviews results. (DMM)

Addresses the importance of links between school and academic libraries through articulation programs; explains how articulation can be initiated through precollege outreach programs; discusses advantages for academic libraries, including improved university-community relationships and outreach to diverse students; and describes the outreach…

Asserts that music can maintain its own integrity as a discipline and still be part of a holistic educational experience for children. Describes how performance "showcases" or interdisciplinary student group presentations highlight student learning and enhance motivation. Discusses positive results and barriers to full implementation of…

Examines technology education through technological problem solving in real-life contexts. Discusses theoretical framework and presents case studies from Ontario (Canada) elementary and secondary schools: writing and producing a play with grade 1 students, and community projects with grade 10 and 11 manufacturing technology students. Outlines…

Community revitalization efforts based on community partnerships between educators, civic leaders, local employers, entrepreneurs, and parents are gaining momentum. Local schools play a leading role in many of these. Discusses three models of school/community interaction, how relationships build social capital, mapping community assets, getting…

Discusses the Christian "option for the poor," which challenges individuals to offer both direct service to those suffering from economic poverty and indirect service aimed at the transformation of attitudes and structures that perpetuate poverty. Emphasizes Catholic education's role in realizing these goals. (YKH)

Delineates four elements of successful student-scientist partnerships: (1) use of an inquiry-based approach; (2) employment of authentic, community-based investigations; (3) student in the role of scientist; and (4) student in the role educator. Contains 17 references. (DDR)

Because the diversity of metropolitan Orlando (Florida) is both a major strength and a complex issue, diversity and diversity education are important components of the University of Central Florida's metropolitan mission and strategic-planning process. That process links the institution's strategic priorities with its budgetary process, and has…