The community education concept is defined in terms of increased school-community relations and use of facilities, integrated k-12 curriculum, community involvement, programs and services for all age groups, and interagency coordination. The possibilities for community education centers and programs in rural areas are discussed in this article.…

Twenty-two elementary schools were studied to identify factors related to school success in raising reading and math achievement of disadvantaged and low-achieving students. Discusses effects of administrative leadership in instruction, coordination of instructional programs throughout the school, and policy regarding academic standards. (Author)

Describes a program of alternative care for disturbed children which is a joint project of a psychiatric treatment center and a child welfare agency. (BR)

Movement is a natural part of life, and body and mind should develop together. (JD)

Notes the need for parent education in the secondary school and suggests an interdisciplinary effort with the home economics teacher as coordinator for a program involving education, community, and social services. (MF)

Analyzes the dynamics of establishing ten cooperative union-management projects concerned with restructuring work that were facilitated by a third party; examines forces supporting and opposing their creation and presents initial results from these projects. (Editor/TA)

Due to the diversity of compensatory education programs and to disparities in their goals and administration, it is difficult to evaluate their effectiveness. Educational reformers are faced with a political dilemma generated by their inability to show that schools and programs have a positive impact on target students. (Author/GC)

Reviews adult education legislation in Norway during three time intervals (1935-1963, 1964-1975, and 1976 to the present) to trace the evolution of legal responsibility away from localized adult education activities toward a comprehensive act oriented toward lifelong learning. (EM)

Summarizes eight papers presented during the Nation's Bicentennial Congress in Adult and Continuing Education (New York City). Focus is on adults' educational needs in career, vocational, and technical areas. Among topics covered are the future of adult education; research on adult learners; continuing education; womens education; and local,…

Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. Evaluated was the use of positive reinforcement in the remediation of severe perceptual motor disorders in the handwriting of four learning disabled boys (7 to 10 years old). (IM)

A special educator offers a series of guidelines for preparing personnel to provide vocational training for special needs youth, along with strategies for cooperative planning and programs between vocational and special teacher education. (MF)

Author states that "...potential /of lifelong education in the arts/ for helping to add to and define meaning in human life would be vastly expanded if it...were treated as a basic skill in constant need of refurbishing." (Author/RW)

In the late fifties and early sixties, educational planners saw themselves as staff providing advice to high level government. In the seventies, they were more intent on implementation. However, in the eighties, they have far more direct influence on school reform. Responsibilities of the educational planning profession are explored. (MLF)

Administrative issues in privately and publicly funded programs are contrasted across six areas: funding, philosophy and services, population served, parent involvement, staffing practices, and standards and governance. Key differences center around funding stability and administrative flexibility. A service system featuring a continuum of…