The high school social studies alternatives in New York City are found in a variety of programs, including alternative high schools, work study programs, basic education programs, college prepatory, and a city-based program. (KM)

Localized publications, in combination with a broad-based district-wide newsletter, can effectively lead to greater readership and the dissemination of more information. A well-rounded school information program will combine them with newspaper features, staff and board of education publications, departmental material and special program…

Article discusses John Dewey's concept of community and his model of education, and, as well, their interrelationship. (RK)

A school and a small manufacturing plant cooperate to share by-products and to improve the community. (GB)

This article reviews some of the reasons why the tax-paying public has lost faith in educators. A primary reason given is that educators have not kept pace with the changes in society; solutions would highlight understanding and concern. (Editors/JA)

After extensive research the authors concluded that school reform is important but is not the solution for creating economic equality, that poverty is relative rather than absolute, and that the primary basis for evaluating a school should be whether the students and teachers find it a satisfying place to be. (Author/RK)

Discusses the survival of colleges and universities as dependent on public support. (PG)

A business manager tells how he cut school use costs by establishing a reasonable and fair fee for use of school facilities by the community. (Author)

The demand for career education is real and it is strong, concludes the author, who encourages educators to debate the concept after reviewing its basic components, current status and implications. (Editor)

In this interview, the only superintendent in the country who is not certificated expresses interesting ideas about management of our educational system in general; and offers specific opinions about teachers, educationists, parents, hiring policies, and other superintendents. (Author/JH)

The University Year for Action is a federally funded program that lets students work firsthand with some of the problems of our society; drug abuse, poverty, the elderly, and the mentally ill. (PG)

A Michigan team has rediscovered the lost art of listening, and is using it to involve the public in its programs. (Author)

The public relations officer is perhaps the most important person in a college, for he is the one by whom public opinion of an institution is formed. (HS)