Symposium One gave students an excellent opportunity to join in lively seminars with individuals representing a diversity of career patterns, ages, life styles and vocational choices. In this way students became more critical, more autonomous, and more adult. (Author/RK)

Offers some pointers on how school psychologists can do a better job. (Editor)

Describes how Wellington County set about defining educational objectives that could be applied to everyday practice in the schools. (Editor)

Practical guidelines are offered for establishing a classroom public relations plan and putting it into action. (TA)

Examines quantitative economic impacts of community colleges on their communities through a case study of Cypress College (California). Results indicate favorable economic impacts on local businesses, local individuals, and local governments. An economic impact model is described. (JDS)

The article presents a summary and analysis of four models for building societies in schools--the Micro-Society, the Mini-Society, the Micro-Community, and the Micro-City. The economic, political, and social aspects of each model are discussed in detail. (Author)

Outlines the benefits of instituting a "youth page" for high school news in the community newspaper. (KS)

Examines arguments for and against the use of outside curriculum resources by school districts, describes different types of collaborative arrangements that can be employed by schools, and offers guidelines for carrying out successful collaborative efforts utilizing outside resources. Available from Association for Supervision and Curriculum…

A bachelor?s degree has become worth more than $1 million in lifetime earnings, the other economic and social benefits of college are even more important, including increased tax revenues, decreased reliance on public assistance programs, lower unemployment rates, and increased voting, volunteering, and other civic activities. Because a college…

The AED Center for School and Community Services has applied decades of research to pioneering successful approaches to school reform. It has also evaluated--and helped to advance--some of the most exciting initiatives in American education. In the tradition of AED, the Center defines "education" broadly. Recognizing the interdependence of many…

Interviews and focus group meetings were held at 24 schools and 3 nonschool sites across Queensland (Australia) to identify current success experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, as well as effective practices that promote such success. School statistics are of limited value because Indigenous identification is not…

This report discusses how in Wyoming, the State Board of Vocational Education is in charge of dividing Perkins funds between secondary and postsecondary institutions. The purpose of this report is to discuss a requirement in the Perkins Actdeveloping a rationale for allocating money between secondary and postsecondary education. When Perkins…

Based on surveys of 375 elementary, middle, and high schools in the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS), this report identifies differences and similarities in the development and quality of these schools' programs of school, family, and community partnership, examining how NNPS members at various school levels implemented partnership…

Through an in-depth study of four schools, this book explores college-community partnerships. The case studies of the University of Pennsylvania, San Francisco State University, Xavier University, and Hostos Community College show how business and the university can work together for the good of the community. The chapters are: (1) "The Mission of…

This volume, 17th in a series of monographs on service-learning and the academic disciplines, discusses the role of service learning as part of women's studies. Essays discuss the ways that the ideology of service has allowed the devaluation of service work, and they consider the importance of service learning for the student as well as the…