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Spies, Jerry – 1992
The diversity of values about sexuality among administrators, teachers, parents, and children creates serious challenge for public schools. This case study offers an insider's view of what happened in a community when conservative parent groups challenged a senior high health curriculum. In the "Laketown Public Schools," conflict erupted…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Problems
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Gunstone, Andrew – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2007
In 1991, the Australian Parliament implemented a formal 10-year process of reconciliation. The aim of the process was to reconcile Indigenous and non-Indigenous people by the end of 2000. The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (CAR) was established to promote the process. The process had three broad goals: improving education, addressing…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Community Involvement, Community Coordination, Community Planning
Lippitt, Ronald – 1971
The three dimensions of the quality of the environment for human resource development are discussed as issues of opportunity versus deprivation, issues of growth inducing versus growth destroying interventions, and issues of utilization versus non-utilization of human resources. Both pathology and potential are illustrated by descriptions of our…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement