The crisis in urban public education is a crisis of community. A program of urban school reform founded on community renewal would operate on the following three levels: (1) strengthening schools as community institutions; (2) reorganizing schools as models of community; and (3) making community issues the focus of study in schools. (AF)

This report summarizes the New York State Community Schools Pilot Project. All 14 elementary Pilot Schools have advisory and/or steering committees, a full-time coordinator, and strategies for ongoing needs assessment in place. All schools also have successful extended-day programs, but response to weekend programs has been mixed, and only seven…

The development of a community school as a joint project of Queens College, the Louis Armstrong Middle School (I.S. 227), and the New York City Central Board of Education is described in this book. The contents of the book's eight chapters are as follows: (1) an introduction providing background material; (2) a discussion of the foundation on…

A description and assessment, by the first principal of a newly formed community school in New York City, of the struggle to implement structural, administrative, and programmatic innovations with a special focus on the parent school relationship. (EH)

Community education's greatest future potential may lie in the conversion of existing school facilities to community schools. (Author/DN)

This review paper on the current issue of school decentralization points out that it has been consistently demonstrated that participation in the decision making process results in positive changes in both the affective and instrumental behavior of participants. Studies show that parent involvement in the schools enhances children's development…

This annotated bibliography includes summaries of 15 articles and reports dealing with the joint use of buildings and facilities by schools and other public or private organizations. An introductory section describes the historical origins and development of the joint occupancy concept and examines the various economic and philosophical arguments…

In 1972 Sidney Stringer Community School and College was established in the inner city of Coventry. Its aims directed attention to community participation and the enlargement of the decision making process. Discusses the problems with delegating educational responsibility to the community. (Author/RK)

The author has written "Open Doors: A Community School Handbook" commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Education. From her notes used to develop the book she has pulled out this collection of "candid comment quotes" that reflect some of the experiences, questions and needs relating to the community school concept. (Editor/RK)

Authors describe how their nursery unit has broken down many of the home/school barriers. (Editor/RK)

The school site design is now seen as part of community planning. Recreational, cultural, social, and educational facilities for adults are included in educational specifications. Three illustrations and two photographs demonstrated attractive school sites. Site area requirements for a new high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico are summarized. (MLF)

Examines the roles of the various local communities in the development of secondary grammar school education in the western State of Nigeria during the period 1925-1955 noting that many scholars and writers have unduly exaggerated the roles of the various missionary bodies in the development of formal education in the country, forgetting that in…

A community school is both a set of partnerships involving the school, parents, and community and a place where services, supports, and opportunities lead to improved student learning, stronger families, and healthier communities. A wide range of models and approaches fit into a basic community-school framework. Although every school is unique,…

Talbott Springs Elementary School (Columbia, Maryland) has lots of open space and cheerful colors and growing pains. (Author)

A middle school and 13 social service agencies comprise the John F. Kennedy community school complex in Atlanta, Georgia. (Author)