Career education programs involve community people and agencies. Some partners are state consultants, university staffs, advisory committees, and the home. Cooperation of the agribusiness community is emphasized. Coupling of structured curricula and occupational experiences gives the student a perspective on the world of work. (MS)

The Russell Report on adult Education in England and Wales is reviewed. (MS)

I/D/E/A's Individually Guided Program pulls together promising practices and new concepts to make a school "everything it could be", claims the author of this article. He describes the elements of this program and how a school can consider adopting it. (Editor)

One main hope for reform in public schools lies in the emerging third force of parents and citizens. Citizen influences in educational decisionmaking taps new ideas and energy, and provides leverage to bring about reform in improving the quality of services. Describes some changes the third force has brought about. (Author)

Questions the effectiveness of decentralization of New York City school administration in delivering quality education because of local community boards' susceptibility to political pressure and patronage. (SF)

Reviews the attempt of the Rochester (New York) City Schools to establish a program of community involvement and information on three different occasions when specific integration proposals were being discussed. (Author/JM)

Describes the used of community councils as instruments for continuous and consistent community involvement in the schools. Considers the rationale, function, role, and membership of community councils. (Author/DN)

Speakers used within a one year period in a high school are recounted; means of locating speakers are suggested and reactions from school and community are summarized. (KM)

By establishing a learning resources center'' for children with special education problems, Bellwood Avenue School in Linwood, New Jersey, has begun the slow process of bringing these youngsters back into society, teaching them to operate and deal with a society that helped to create their problems. The attempt is to substantiate the notion that…

Attempts to delineate some grounds for expansion of the knowledge base within the field of minority studies and more generally within sociology: minority research is seen as one acute instance of a general malaise in sociology. (Author/JM)

Long Beach California Public School System (77 schools) favors a school-community advisory council to establish rapport between advocates of radical change and uncritical proponents of the status quo. (DS)

Architects of a newly constructed urban middle school solved the space problem by designing the roof to serve both as a school playground mand as a community park. (Author/EA)

Contends that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's mandate helped the Harrisburg City Schools realize their responsibilities in race relations; that after a lengthy quest for a way to achieve racial balance without extensive busing the City schools realized that there was no other way to accomplish the goal. (RJ)

Presents 14 steps to be taken by those communities wishing to develop community education programs. (JH)