The inservice program section of the staff development program for promoting more affective use of community resources in career education consists of eight modules. Each module contains an instructional plan, suggestions for the inservice coordinator, handout and transparency masters, and resource materials. The eight separate modules are: (1)…

Bringing together the thinking and practical experiences of Asian Member State representatives in the United Nations, this report on Asian rural youth and out-of-school education is derived from a 1974 seminar held in the Philippines. The seminar conclusions and recommendations presented emphasize the following: (1) Potential of Out-of-school…

Presenting a descriptive and prescriptive analysis of the social variables important to planning and informed public participation in the development of the West River Diversion Project in North Dakota (WRDP), this report is organized via the following sections: (1) Knowledge and Evaluation of the Project (How aware are people of the WRDP and its…

Volume 1 of a 4-volume bilingual bicultural law-related curriculum is made up of legal case histories from traditional Navajo tribal and state court cases dealing with consumer problems and personal property disputes. These case histories, which were compiled by local legal specialists, provide "role playing" situations (buying a car,…

Program statistics, coordination with other federal programs, community and parent involvement, and descriptive evaluations of corrective reading, corrective math, the Broyhill Home for Children, staff development, and parent involvement are provided in this evaluation of North Carolina's Haywood County Schools. A section on the effects of Title I…

The major problem of this study is that of identifying how schools function as both a determiner and a reflector of a society or community. It addresses three fundamental questions. First, access questions are dealt with, e.g. who participates--what is the position or social standing of community participants in schools. Second, process questions…

The purpose of this study was to identify potential sources of school-community conflict in black and Puerto Rican communities by examining the perceptions of Education Coordinators in Community Action Agencies and Principals in New York City elementary schools concerning community involvement in the school, curriculum in the school and…

Orangeburg, South Carolina implemented a court approved geographical zoning plan and a plan clustering and pairing schools for the 1971-72 school year. All school staffs currently reflect the district's racial population. In the process of unifying the school district, numerous meetings and workshops that involved students, staff and the community…

Desegregation of the schools in the Berkeley Unified School District has taken place in two stages, each stage reflecting years of political struggles and endless meetings. In 1968, the 12 elementary schools were divided into K-3 and 4-6 schools in four residential zones with approximately 3500 elementary children who live beyond walking distance…

Given the July 1st, 1976 deadline for selection by the Alaska Native corporations of historical, archaeological, and cemetery sites under 14 (h) (1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the corporations need to know how to protect their resources; what opportunities the Federal and State governments and the professional community can…

Twenty-three exemplary art education programs in California school districts are identified and described. Selected on the basis of criteria stressing program management and commitment, these programs represent three categories: comprehensive multiart experiences, in-school programs, and shared community-school resources. The comprehensive…

The authors rely on their first-hand experience in providing a wealth of practicable information for principals. The main sections of the booklet focus on planning for the public relations effort, preparing the staff and students to participate, conducting and using a community analysis, reporting information through various media, and involving…

This book has its origins in an international conference organized by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation and held in Slaugham, England, in October 1973. The conference brought together an international group of practitioners, administrators, and theoreticians. The five presentations included in the book deal with community…

The New Rural Society (NRS) project is federally funded to apply telecommunications technology to ease the plight of the cities by upgrading life in rural communities. The resulting voluntary decentralization of people, business, and government, will, it is hoped, create the necessary conditions to bring the urban and energy crises under control.…

As the problems encountered by big city school systems have increased, the educational establishment has come under sharp attack in some part because professional educators have unilaterally made far reaching decisions, insulated from public scrutiny. In order to voice opposition to these decisions, some community members have begun to form new…