The National Governors Association (NGA) selected the Independence (Missouri) Public School District as one of 16 districts to implement recommendations in the NGA's "Time for Results" report. The district was chosen because of its strong leadership, evidence of community support, and ability to implement innovating programs. The…

This booklet presents ideas based on actions taken by community leaders to recruit new and emerging leaders to join in the improvement of a community. The discussion includes: (1) asking the question "who's not here?" to make sure the community organization is representative; (2) looking for skills, not names to discover leadership…

Parent roles and the essential ingredients for successful parent involvement programs are identified in this presentation. Five types of parent roles in education are identified; these are parents as partners, collaborators and problem solvers audience, supporters, and advisors. Elements of successful programs include written policies,…

The paper describes the background and accomplishments of Job Training and Tryout, a community-based model school-to-work transition project for midly mentally handicapped young adults in Montgomery County, Maryland. Project history information touches on community linkages, pilot ventures, and initial federal funding. Three major project goals…

The diverse histories of the public libraries in the towns of Bonne Terre, Desloge, Farmington, Flat River, and Leadwood (Missouri) are presented. Each library is examined individually from its inception through its first few years of existence. Emphasis is placed not only on the tasks undertaken by the newly formed libraries but also on the…

Three questions bearing on M. Janowitz's community-integration hypothesis were pursued in a study for which community ties and newspaper subscribing were the focal dimensions. The questions addressed were the following: (1) Are community-church ties positively associated with subscribing to a local church newspaper? (2) Are church ties positively…

Nearly 100 suggestions for community projects in environmental education and environmental awareness are included in this article. (JH)

The authors describe the sometimes painful process of developing a series of drug training workshops for a non-helath agency. They then discuss the principles and procedures they followed to achieve a successful result, and make suggestions for others who are planning drug education programs. (Author)

In a companion article, Robert F. Bundy criticized accountability as being a contrived smokescreen to confuse the public and district attention from the real issues facing American schools. He called for a deschooling and deprofessionalization of American education. Critiques his views. (Author/JF)

Author focused on how a large rural high school in Alberta is serving community needs. (Editor/RK)

In response to criticisms directed at the public schools, numerous reforms have been designed to bring about change. Most of today's reform movements assume that the schools have the capacity and obligation to provide all of a young person's education. They also assume that all education takes place in the schools. Neither of these assumptions is…

This is an enthusiastic record of a mix for the arts which show-cased 'living art' practiced by representatives of a variety of racial groups, an opening curtain to a drama of social/art interaction in community survival. (Author/RK)