When Martin Lancaster took over as president of the North Carolina Community College System more than a decade ago, the state, not unlike much of the nation, stood at the precipice of a massive economic shift. As traditional manufacturing and farming jobs--from tobacco to furniture to textiles--began to disappear, demand for a new breed of worker…

Across the USA, technology education has faced many challenges over the past several decades. Educational changes and reform at all levels seem to have had a positive effect on the required classes or "core" courses. As a result, "elective" courses seem to be delegated to a secondary role in a student's education. In…

This Youth-School-Community Resource Guide is a reference manual of state and national programs for Texas youth, their schools, and their families. The agencies and organizations contained in this guide are divided into the following sections: (1) education programs; (2) service agencies; (3) university system services; (4) state agency services;…

Testimony from a Congressional hearing on drug education is presented in this document. After an opening statement by Representative Major R. Owens, statements are included by Representatives Jose E. Serrano and Cass Ballenger. Testimony and/or prepared statements from these individuals are included: (1) Joseph A. Fernandez, Chancellor, New York…

Recent critics of community colleges wrongly argue that early junior colleges in California were created not to democratize education, but to keep the university exclusive. The first state junior college law was passed in California in 1907, allowing high schools to offer 2 years of postsecondary work at a time when high schools were not yet…

This kit is intended to help family day care providers educate the general public about who providers are, what they do, and the importance of what they do. Among the materials in the kit are a marketing tip sheet that lists steps day care providers can take to market their program; steps they can take to improve the image of family day care in…

This paper discusses how higher education involvement with community service can be sustained and strengthened. There has been increased discussion of community and university partnerships during the last few years, as exemplified by the summer 1991 issue of "Teachers College Record." Higher education is challenged to integrate service…

This manual is an introduction to organizing schools and the community into an alliance for the prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse. It was written for people who have had little or no experience in organizing. It is hoped that this guide will help readers to analyze their situations so they can plan prevention and early intervention…

Designed for elementary and secondary school library media personnel, this fact sheet briefly outlines the need for and methods of public relations. The document emphasizes that because library media programs are vulnerable to budget cuts, the need exists to educate those making fiscal decisions on the role of these materials in the curriculum. A…

Article looked at a recent controversial report, "Task Force '74/The Adolescent, Other Citizens, and Their High Schools", on the reform of secondary education. (Editor/RK)

Efforts to open up the Lexington School for the Deaf have been aided by such actions as offering the use of school facilities to community groups, incorporating trained volunteers into the program, mainstreaming students into regular public school classes, and enrolling normally hearing children in the Lexington School classes. (CL)

A random sample of the thirty-eight Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III projects funded in Massachusetts for the three year period, 1971-1974 was surveyed in order to determine if the Federal money was well used, what has been learned about change in the past ten years, and what worked and what didn't, and why. [Available from…

Briefly summarizes some of the work of 18 education pioneers who contributed to the development of the community education movement, beginning with Jon Amos Comenius in 1632 and continuing through the efforts of such contemporary American educators as Frank J. Manley and W. Fred Totten. (JG)

Community colleges--with their link between culture and community--are natural places for citizen involvement in the American Bicentennial celebration. Activities already undertaken by some junior colleges include the recording of local histories, workshops for teachers, art shows, readers' theaters, and folk science lectures. (Author/NHM)

In addition to the main question this article considered how far Family Life Education courses should go and how parents and schools should ensure their children's sex education. (Author/RK)