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Feiner, Albert – 1976
The ATS-6 Educational Satellite Communications Demonstration-Alaska (ESCD), was viewed as a way to give isolated population groups greater voice in their educational future, by bypassing bureaucratic levels and allowing the local people to have a direct say in the school curriculum and programs that were shown via satellite. This study focused on…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Control, Community Involvement, Conflict Resolution
Gittell, Marilyn – 1970
The major stimulus of the community school movement is a general dissatisfaction with the existing public education system, the greatest thrust having come from the minority groups. The two major difficulties appear to be the creation of independent schools or districts under local community control, and the development of adequate funding…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Control, Community Involvement, Community Schools
Leonard, Deni – 1980
A program to bring about community involvement in the development of curriculum for public schools was implemented in Seattle in 1974-75 by the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation. The program follows a 12-step procedure that begins with selecting community representatives who will learn curriculum planning skills enabling them to make…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Change Strategies