Describes a volunteer Read Aloud Week program at a Milton (Massachusetts) elementary school. To help students strengthen their language development, the growth of their imagination, and their love of literature, 100 community leaders spent over 50 hours visiting the school and reading stories aloud to enthusiastic fourth grade listeners. (MLH)

Addresses the questions (1) how should community service be rendered by youth and (2) whom should it benefit. Warns that both the educational dimension and the needs of the served must be taken into account. (CH)

Presents and discusses a conceptual model of the concerns of prerelease offenders and community supervisors. The conceptualization suggests that "perceptual differences" of the concerns of prerelease status is one alternative for examining the supervisorial relationship. Attempts to identify and confront the different expectations of supervisors…

Describes the Community Service Internship program of East Lynn (Connecticut) High School, which helps students gain an understanding of problems in the local community while fulfilling their desire to serve others. (FL)

Offers examples of the use of volunteers in recreation and adult education programs. Describes Fanshawe College's local community advisory committees for continuing education centers. Identifies conditions for using volunteers effectively. Reviews Edison College's Talent Banking system which involves volunteers as visiting lecturers, career…

This article briefly describes and analyzes (in a historical perspective) the role of local neighborhood committees as they exist in hundreds of urban neighborhoods in Israel, describes the study procedures and the research findings, and in the final part discusses and analyzes the findings. (CT)

Highlights a workshop on techniques and problems in organizing neighborhood-based environmental programs. Actual projects developed and organizational concepts to teach youth as they learn to do environmental action are considered. The latter include selecting an issue and project, selecting a strategy or tactics for project implementation, and…

Reports a study examining perceived effectiveness of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service's delivery of educational information to rural residents, based on the attitudes, participation, and knowledge of 252 flue-cured tobacco producers. Notes the surprising difference in the scores of large and small tobacco producers and the service's…

This bulletin outlines the New Wisconsin Promise program - a commitment to ensuring that every Wisconsin child graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the twenty-first century global society by: (1) Ensuring quality teachers in every classroom and strong leadership in every school; (2) Improving student achievement with a…

This report summarizes key implementation lessons from the six-city Community Change for Youth Development (CCYD) initiative, which investigated whether providing neighborhoods a framework of ideas (core concepts) would speed the process and increase the effectiveness of neighborhood-wide, resident-involvement initiatives aimed at assisting all…

This guide provides a framework for community involvement in the complex process of modernizing or building new public school buildings. The guide reflects two fundamental premises: (1) The condition and design of school buildings and grounds affect the quality of education and the vitality of the school and its community; and (2) Broad community…

This guidebook was developed to assist in the creation of partnerships. It discusses some of the best practices and lessons learned in the program's first year, and gives novice community-based organizers a sense of how effective partnerships can be formed. The guidebook will help the more experienced organizers of National Park Service employees…

This document announces the winners of the 2000 National Award for Museum Service. The award winners demonstrate the kind of influence and impact museums can bring to community life. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York) enjoys an international reputation for its collection of modern and contemporary art and its innovative special…

Community visioning and strategic planning were studied as two forms of community engagement that could best address student academic achievement issues. Fifteen school districts were selected on the basis of engagement of internal (teachers, students, administrators) and external (parents, business leaders, and youth service organizations)…

Leonard Covello's memoir, "The Heart Is the Teacher" (1958), contained the history of an urban community school, Benjamin Franklin Community High School in East Harlem (New York). The school was concerned with academics and the special needs of immigrant children. The first section reflects on Covello's work and his community. The second…