Parents and school board members gain a greater appreciation for how the other thinks. (WM)

Foothill and De Anza Junior Colleges are described. (JW)

Describes efforts to enlist community support for a bond referendum to build two new elementary schools in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Recommends (1) establishing a grassroots organization; (2) emphasizing moral issues; (3) stressing needs of the school system; (4) orienting the campaign toward the future; (5) starting the campaign early; and (6)…

Presents a community visioning model that represents an attempt to provide a proactive, future-oriented planning model. The process includes developing shared purposes, detailing a broad-based vision, organizing it into themes, and developing a broader vision for each theme. (JOW)

The diverse histories of the public libraries in the towns of Bonne Terre, Desloge, Farmington, Flat River, and Leadwood (Missouri) are presented. Each library is examined individually from its inception through its first few years of existence. Emphasis is placed not only on the tasks undertaken by the newly formed libraries but also on the…

Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education, this booklet is the ninth in a series describing current, successful career education practices. Intended for teachers, this monograph discusses ways in which schools can involve the community in a career education program.…

Tangential pieces and parts of work experiences of a psychologist-educator-researcher are put together in this collection to let the reader into the real world of education and experimental projects. The book is a loosely structured compilation of information taken from a personal journal, reports, and tape-recorded interviews of the people dealt…

Results of a questionnaire of administrators of community living arrangements programs for the developmentally disabled in Pennsylvania (N=116) found that some programs promoted relationships with neighbors, but others wished to keep the role of neighbors to a minimum. (Author/DB)

Community involvement can do much to bring about confidence in the educational organization. Participation in decision-making is a vital component of the school district's operation as well as the school community relationship. (Author/GB)

Strengthening the home front for defending the interiors from enemy attack should become the main purpose of adult education during the national emergency. (Author/ML)

Presents some examples of how reading education and the community can come together. Divides the presentation into two types of community involvement: bringing the community into the schools and integrating classrooms into the community. (MG)

Explores the extent to which use of mediation contributes to community involvement in child welfare. Describes a model of mediation used in four Canadian cities; discusses whether mediation enhances community involvement; and compares mediation with other child-protection processes. Provides a case example illustrating ways communities can become…

This study examines how communities participate in schools across diverse contexts in developing countries and the results attributed to community participation. It reviews evaluations of participatory approaches to education in developing countries to answer two basic questions: 1) How do communities participate in school in developing countries?…

Author discusses the results of recent research on the phenomena of community power structure. (GB)