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Albert, Tim – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1975
Author visited a school in Cornwall that was helping to revitalize a village community. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Educational Change
Download full textSussmann, Leila – 1970
This report reveals the results of studies made of three groups actively seeking community participation in school affairs in a city noted for its conservative school system. The study utilized participant observation supplemented by interviews and document analysis. Each group had only 15-30 active members and no broad base in the community. All…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Control, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Slotnik, William J.; And Others – 1979
Methods for encouraging community involvement and training community volunteers for decision making positions in community schools are described. The functions of community schools are to provide a broad diversity of learning opportunities and to involve citizens in assessing community needs, evaluating services, and advocating…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Education
Tolliver, J. Howard – 1979
The issues addressed in this paper include: (1) various views of what constitutes a community; (2) the controversy over the quantity, kind, and division of decisionmaking powers allotted to community action groups; (3) arguments against and in favor of community participation; (4) characteristics which prohibit citizen participation among…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Action, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Baron, Joseph S.; And Others – 1981
The model, structure, program, and impacts of the Newton (Massachusetts) Community Schools are described as exemplary of community education service delivery. The Newton Community Schools have two components: education of the whole community and the involvement of citizens in program and policy decision-making. Section 1 of the report provides a…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Education
GOLDBERG, GERTRUDE S.
CONTROVERSY OVER NEW YORK CITY'S INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 201 RAISED SOME EDUCATIONAL ISSUES RELEVANT TO ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN AS WELL AS TO THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED. CONVINCED THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD PROVIDE NEITHER INTEGRATION NOR QUALITY EDUCATION, SOME GHETTO PARENTS SOUGHT "QUALITY SEGREGATED EDUCATION," BASIC TO WHICH WAS COMMUNITY…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Community Action, Community Influence
Slotnik, William J.; And Others – 1980
The organization and implementation of a community school program is discussed under the topics of citizen participation, functions of the community school council, organizational procedures, and coalition building. Community education consists of two components: the provision of a broad diversity of learning opportunities (after-school programs,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, After School Programs, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils
