Discusses five programs in which high school students identified authentic community needs and used their journalistic skills to reseach and report about them and which are among many programs in the files of the National Commission on Resources for Youth. (JM)

Suggests that school yearbooks should continue to cover community affairs and report on the school-community relationship as they did during the bicentennial year. (KS)

Discusses the importance of community study in teacher education and suggests approaches to follow in cultivating teachers' sensitivity to the community. (JG)

Considers some building-level public relations ideas that work with various publics--students, staff, parents, general taxpayers, and others. Presents 20 ideas, already proven useful and representing a variety of starting points, from which people can shape their own programs to suit their personal needs. (Author/RK)

Describes some steps superintendents, principals, and the school district's information officer can try in making effective use of radio and television for providing public information programs. (RK)

Investigated relationships between private dance schools and higher education programs, examining factors that facilitated or hindered successful collaborations. Surveys data indicated that positive connections were characterized by investigating and respecting the needs, cultures, and goals of potential partners during all phases of planning,…

Describes several corporation-derived client-satisfaction and customer-service standards that principals can use to strengthen relationships with their parents and community. For example, only our clients can judge the quality of our service; our first job is to understand and manage our client's expectations; no matter what we do, some people…

In this case example, a multidisciplinary university team was selected to work on a contracted university-community partnership project over an 18-month period. Lessons learned from using this problem-focused multidisciplinary approach to outreach intervention are presented. (EV)

Describes how a study/action group of University of Utah faculty explored civically engaged scholarship during the course of an academic year. Participants learned about various forms of civically engaged scholarship such as service-learning and community-based research. Discussions included issues relevant to retention, promotion, and tenure.…

Discusses findings from a study by Campus Compact of community service work-study efforts. Findings are described in the areas of: current program structures, employing students effectively, collaboration with community organizations, community service benefits and challenges, opinions regarding President Bush's mandated percentage of work-study…

Describes eight winners in an inaugural contest to showcase innovative ways that community colleges are serving their communities. (EV)

Describes examples of high schools sharing their physical fitness and recreation facilities with other community groups, discussing the benefits and inevitable scheduling and programming challenges. (EV)

Explores how the situation in Prince George's County, Maryland, provides a fascinating case study of the structural and political issues that colleges face if they want to translate academic knowledge into real-world solutions. Focuses on Prince George's Community College; University of Maryland, College Park; and Bowie State University. (EV)

Explains the Bookends program, which combats a community's lack of books for its children. Describes how this grassroots nonprofit organization collects books for schools and youth organizations that either do not have operating libraries or have libraries that are so depleted that they cannot adequately provide all of their children with books to…

Describes a school district's development and use of a guide to inform parents about the district's efforts to align its mathematics curriculum with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) Standards. (Author)