A description of a technological system that will allow a large number of citizens to dialogue with each other regularly and to form their positions on public issues as a group.'' (Author)

This article proposes student involvement in the health curriculum, where petitions and projects for VD treatment, birth control clinics, and other activities might illicit community support. (JA)

A disorientation handbook for the American Library Association's (ALA) Convention prepared by the New York Social Responsibilities Round Table (NYSRRT) Committee for a More Responsive ALA. (Author)

An innovative plan for achieving racial integration and interracial harmony in the public schools is delineated. This plan would make use of public facilities for classroom purposes, foster interschool cooperation, and initiate field trips and outdoor activities for students. (CK)

The authors treat some of the special problems faced in evaluating a black-produced television series. Black-Voices was a weekly offering of KTCA-TV in Minneapolis, owned and operated by the Twin Cities Area Educational Television Corporation." (Editor)

Indicates that student vocational organizations have a unique capacity to bring the goals of vocational education to the attention of the public. Suggests that sponsoring a community activity, such as a bicycle race, is an effective way to do this. (JOW)

The advantages of citizen participation in the school's decision-making process fall under the headings of representative school governance, community support and interest, and improved school performance; the disadvantages fall under politics, loss of authority, and public opposition. (IRT)

Case study demonstrates how one suburban elementary school district successfully increased public participation by adopting an in-district choice program. Uses factors that enabled and inhibited implementation of the choice program and parental and educator views about it to demonstrate effective approaches to engaging the community in public…

Community schools are environment-changing institutions that engage children, families, neighbors, and local organizations in active work to improve life and learning in the community. This article describes how community schools create conditions that enable students to learn and teachers to teach at high levels. The authors discuss keys to…

Workplace volunteer councils (WVC) are associations of representatives from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors working together to enhance grass-roots volunteerism. Volunteer administrators can play an integral role in supporting partnerships formulated through a WVC by providing opportunities and expertise to ensure that the experience is…

Explores Milwaukee, Wisconsin's use of community Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using long-term ethnographic research. Overall, the effects of GIS and other digital technologies are quite varied across different community organizations, influenced strongly by factors such as leadership quality, organizational capacity, and resourcefulness in…