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Peer reviewedPurrington, Gordon; And Others – Planning and Changing, 1974
Challenges the assumption that elected school boards are more responsive to local community needs than are appointed school boards. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Community Needs, Community Problems
Clark, Mike – Tennessee Adult Educator, 1978
Discusses the educational approach and process at the Highland Center, formerly known as Highlander Folk School, which for forty-five years has experimented with various means of utilizing nonformal education to support social movements. The Highlander technique, short-term residential workshops to help people solve their problems, is described.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Problems, Disadvantaged
