Argues for the growing theme of collaboration between nursing practice and education. Describes the relationship between the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing and its community. (JOW)

Describes a comparative study of the problem-solving styles of members of advisory groups of exemplary community-based adult education programs. Considers the relationship between personal characteristics and scores on the Kirton Adaptation-Innovation Inventory. (DMM)

Providing transition services to special needs learners in rural areas is a challenge for most school districts. It takes a coordinated effort on the part of the school staff and the community to meet the needs of these learners effectively. (JOW)

Describes the steps a day care center referral source must take in order to refer a potential client. Steps include: (1) awareness; (2) recognition; (3) retention; and (4) referrals. Ways in which a center may increase referrals are discussed. (RJC)

The author describes a high school graphic arts program that allows students to do real jobs that will be used by the community. Each student has an individualized program of study concentrating in an occupation. As jobs are received, students are assigned to different activities to fulfill individual requirements. (CH)

Describes a pilot language renewal program--Tachi as a Second Language--implemented in a California preschool. (RAE)

Describes a popular school conservation program that helped an Alberta town reduce its demand for energy and raised the environmental awareness of an entire community. (LZ)

Describes the adoption of an old riverside landfill by an elementary school as a Habitat 2000 community project. Contains a "how-to" checklist for such a project, information on building school-community community partnerships, and promotional ideas for stewardship projects. (LZ)

Argues that educators must periodically redefine to themselves and to the public what universities are and what they do. Suggests that educators must guard the integrity that the public has a right to expect in the classroom. Recounts some of the author's political experiences while a student and later as a writing instructor. (RS)

Openness and accessibility were once the hallmarks of U.S. public schools. Civic and governmental agencies held meetings in the schools, and families and community groups came together at schools their children attended. Now that 75 percent of all taxpayers have no children in school, it is essential that school districts stop overprotecting…

Data from this ethnographic study of kindergartens in three communities suggest that teachers, parents, and the school as an institution interacted to develop a social interpretation of school readiness. This interpretation framed children's kindergarten experience in each community. (BC)

Describes New York City's Parklands Partnership Program, in which elementary and secondary students visit natural woodlands areas in their neighborhood, learn about forest ecology, and engage in restoration and reforestation activities that foster a connection between themselves and their local environment. (SV)

This article describes a Des Moines (Iowa) program in which approximately 100 people or organizations have given 600 hours of time to gifted students. It identifies creative ways to use community resources, where to find community resources (professional organizations, service clubs, school staff, retired persons, parents, students, and…

Describes the efforts of the Chicago archdiocesan office of Catholic education to advertise its services throughout the Chicago area. Highlights the office's "Shareholder's Report," a local report card which was distributed through Catholic schools to all parents and which provided data about student achievement, costs, drop-out rates,…

Discusses the university's mission of service to the nation. Advocates a reconstruction of journalism education based on higher admission standards, emphasis of community-oriented instruction, and course-specific liberal arts requirements. (SR)