Article concludes that the greater the interpenetration of school and community, the greater the likelihood of community control. The implications of community control on curriculum design are discussed. (RW)

A national survey uncovered 105 (of a sample of 600) projects that met criteria defining local self-development. The activities produced a variety of jobs for local residents. Costs and availability of credit were major obstacles. Local business/industry development projects tended to produce the most jobs at the least cost. (SK)

In this article the author discusses the community school concept and relates it to his own experiences as a student and educator in Missouri. It asserts that in developing a community school, participants in the school district must be willing to give of their talents and time to improve the social environment for all its inhabitants. Cooperation…

In the United States, the Bill of Rights is most often thought of as the charter that establishes individual rights in categories such as "freedom of expression" and "rights of the accused." In this essay it is argued that this conception of the Bill of Rights, while perhaps acceptable for constitutional law, does not provide…

In a study comparing a traditional school with a community control school on the social psychological aspects of locus of control and pupils' attitudes toward school, the community control school children were more internal with respect to general life situations, perceived their teachers more positively and as making fewer decisions and…

An analysis of current and potential future problems facing efforts to desegregate Boston schools in which a number of suggestions are offered to facilitate the process of quality education for all by adequately preparing community, parent, and school personnel and nurturing student interracial initiatives. (EH)

An examination of alternative models of community-based colleges, designed by minority groups as institutional efforts to foster cultural pluralism and social mobility without their own cultural identity being compromised. This approach is evaluated and contrasted with the development of various bicultural or bilingual programs in which the…

School/Community-Based Management (SCBM) improves the quality of education by providing schools with administrative flexibility and by empowering each school's community to make and implement decisions that will directly affect its members and students. To help individual school communities that are considering adopting SCBM understand how shared…

Article examined the question of whether we as a society will be better off in the long run if our colleges are run by experts, by people who work full-time as toilers in the educational vineyard, or by laymen who devote part-time efforts to their trusteeship. (Author/RK)

The Native American Legal Defense and Education Fund, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is directed toward cases which involve education, civil rights, equal employment opportunities, Indian land problems, health services, and tribal sovereignty. (KM)

Summarizes the organizational process and political bargaining models of policy change, and considers the rational decision-making model as an alternative. Models are interrelated with each other to show how each reveals a dimension of the politics of school decentralization. (Author/AM)

There are many different forms of community involvement and citizen participation in the schools. But while the quantity is high, the quality and impact are lagging far behind. The author (who is president of the Institute for Responsive Education) advocates the reintroduction of democratic values into education. Through school-based management,…

State departments of education, administrators, educational testing systems, and the media are demanding uniformity of instructional units and of performance objectives for community college English courses. Limited funds and the desire to promote a favorable public image are factors encouraging standardization of instruction. Presently, policy…

Responses from inquiries to the superintendents of 32 urban school systems across the country provided the basis for classifying and evaluating modes of decentralization and extent of community control. Main features of the school systems' operations are reported under nine categories: (1) decentralized decision making with centralized…

This paper presents a conceptual model for determining patterns of predecisional behavior of school administrators, and a method for empirical verification of the model through content analysis of subjects' responses to complex problem-solving situations. The discussion concerns the concept of the relationship among identifiable patterns of…