Discusses why and how K-12 schools of the future will return to the community and become more of a focal point in urban planning. How information flow and technology will decentralize the way education is delivered is explored. (GR)

Using an ecological conceptual framework, this article describes a health promotion pilot project designed for children, their families, and other community members. The program was based in a full-service community school that evolved from a university-community collaboration. Efforts to increase adults' access to health promotion information are…

The Center for School Success (CSS) at New Visions for Public Schools was founded in 1999 to document and disseminate innovative educational practices demonstrated by New Visions' schools that hold promise for increasing student achievement throughout New York City. Over the first year, CSS concentrated its initial documentation efforts on…

An award from the 23rd P/A Awards Program for a research report that analyzes the activities around seven Boston community schools and recommends ways to create usable open spaces. (Author/MLF)

This handbook outlines a variety of the strategies that the Salem Public School District in Oregon used to actively involve citizens in governing their school system through community schools. Emphasis is placed on successes, failures, and principles of the community-based problem-solving and decision-making activities which the Salem School…

This is the complete text of a 1968 Act of the New York State Legislature establishing a community school system in New York City. The state education law was amended by the addition of Article 52-A which authorizes this decentralization plan. (NH)

A brief examination of the voting patterns in seven budget elections from 1974 to 1978 in Eugene (Oregon) School District 4J reveals that there are no significant differences between the percentage of people voting Yes in precincts with community schools and the percentage of people voting Yes in other precincts. The turnout rate in precincts with…

Following reports of irregularities in the May 1973 school board elections of New York City, the New York Commissioner of Education asked the author to identify the difficulties encountered by the voters and candidates, on both election day and in the period for registration and nomination which preceded it, and to recommend such changes in the…

This chapter in "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 15 annotations of documents and journal articles on community education, all of which are indexed on the ERIC system. Materials on the philosophy of community education, community school directors and coordinators, curriculum, evaluation, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

Describes 4 settlement institutions (Red Bird Mission, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Quicksand Craft Center, and Hindman Settlement School). (NQ)

Describes activities of City Year, an AmeriCorps national service program that sponsors youth service activities in Boston, San Antonio, and other cities. (SK)

Children appear at schoolhouse doors with many challenges that interfere with their ability to learn All too often, multiple psychological impediments to learning are concentrated in restricted segments of the population, thereby magnifying the risk experienced by the most vulnerable children. This article describes a community school initiative…

Describes mission of community education, the implementation of community education through community schools, and the relationship between community education and school public relations. Discusses some future trends and issues in education and their implications for community education. (PKP)

Questions whether preparation was adequate for the field research of squatter community schools and personal ethics and bias in the study. Also examines issues related to which researchers and scholars will gain access to South Africa to provide support and assistance and undertake research now that apartheid has ended. (MMU)

A response to criticisms on preparedness for the field study of squatter community schools in South Africa is presented. Included in the discussion are the ethical stance, the equity of inclusion to conduct research in South Africa, and departure from the field. (MMU)