Describes the Community Service Internship program of East Lynn (Connecticut) High School, which helps students gain an understanding of problems in the local community while fulfilling their desire to serve others. (FL)

Discusses the concept of educational brokering, which is the linking of adults to learning opportunities, as it is applied in Toronto, Ontario. Adult needs, user profiles, barriers, and program operation are presented. (BL)

To cope with today's tight economy, administrators can make use of their school resources through business collaboration; for example, New Jersey's Princeton Regional School District has improved its "bottom line" by developing various marketing strategies. (CJH)

The community of Battle Creek, Michigan, pays tribute yearly to outstanding educators and high school seniors at Excellence in Education Day, a program with three basic components that can be put together by other community educators. (CJH)

The article describes procedures necessary to implement a community-based instructional model for vocational training of handicapped students. Strategies for use in gaining administrative support, in programming, community site selection and development, parent involvement, and employer participation are provided. Benefits of community-based…

The governor of Kentucky discusses how the quality of education both affects the quality of life in a state and is an incentive to private industries considering locating in a region. (MD)

A very successful artist-in-education program in which jazz musicians introduced elementary students in Augusta (Georgia) to jazz music is described. Students were involved in many activities, including instrumental improvisation, singing, reading staff notation, choreography, and composing jazz. (RM)

The San Francisco Opera Guild sponsors the Operatunities Program which introduces elementary and secondary students in California to opera. For example, each year the Scholar Opera visits 130 schools from San Francisco to San Jose, exposing approximately 50,000 youngsters to the music and drama of opera. (RM)

Describes an Ohio school program that awards honorary high school diplomas to outstanding and distinguished Ohioans. (MD)

Describes an elementary level oral history program instituted in New York City schools. Its aim is to improve student understanding of history by having the young work with the elderly and bridge the generation gap. (MD)

Describes two programs initiated at Columbia University to increase creative adult learning opportunities for older people: the Seniors Teaching Seniors Project and the Retired Faculty Linkage Program, which involves retired university personnel in work with community organizations. (DMM)

Three secondary teachers describe a school-wide support system for meeting the needs of gifted students in and beyond the regular classroom. A management team coordinates enrichment within the school and community while a computerized data bank of enrichment resources is accessible to all learners. (CL)

Outlines the school-business partnership developed by Funkstown Elementary School (Hagerstown, Maryland) with Maryland Ribbon Company. Includes a list of points to consider when developing such a relationship. (MD)

The South Euclid-Lyndhurst School District, Ohio, organized a week-long demonstration of actual classroom activities at the local shopping mall that increased sales on the mall and publicity for the schools. (MLF)

The Piedmont Opera Company embarked on opera productions in two junior high schools, involving professional performers with students and faculty. School members sang in the chorus, danced, and acted in walk-on roles. Many departments besides music took part in the varied aspects of the production. (CS)