The growing interest in creating relevant learning experiences for students has resulted in an increased emphasis on using the entire community as a teaching resource. Community resources can be defined as those locally available materials, persons, organizations or experiences that are useful and valuable for educational purposes. Community…

This catalog contains more than 600 abstracts of model programs in California designed to help business, education, and community groups establish or expand partnerships in support of local education. An executive summary precedes the abstracts. The program abstracts are divided into 21 sections corresponding to specific forms of involvement.…