A study to assess the long-term effects of participation in a high school community service project during the years 1945 to 1949 is described in terms of reconstruction of the original program, methodology, results, and finally, suggested hypotheses and methodological recommendations. (Author/MLF)

In Eastern Junior High School in Greenwich, Connecticut, 50 local artists take over the school for one day a year, working, demonstrating, and performing with and for the students. (Author/JM)

Discusses the history of the medium and the benefits of school access programing. Pennsylvania's Colonial School District channel is described to show how cable television serves as an information base for the adult community as well as for students. (FM)

To help the community encourage reading, a Texas elementary school's community involvement committee established a children's lending library in a nearby rent-subsidized apartment complex. Several thousand books were donated over a two-week period, hours have been extended, and teachers and staff generously donate time and expertise to manage the…

Because schools are large employers, they are appropriate locations for worksite health promotion. The article describes how cholesterol screening introduced such a program into one school system with the assistance of key community systems. Of 1,639 employees, 74 percent underwent cholesterol screening. (SM)

Describes an innovative approach to building a school community taking hold at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, elementary school. Called Parents in Partnership, the program uses a Big Brother/Big Sister model to link parents of incoming kindergarten children with more experienced parents at the school. The parents form informal, personal networks…

Describes an initiative by Union College in Schenectady, New York, to invest $10 million in the local community. The initiative includes acquiring property, encouraging home ownership, scholarships for local students, community outreach, and formation of alliances with local community organizations and agencies. The necessary use of endowment…

Roger Lacher, instrumental music director at Murray Middle School in Ridgecrest, California, spearheaded a celebration of the national anthem attended by a descendant of Francis Scott Key. In a press release Lacher sent to the local media, he wrote: "Murray Middle School celebrated this event. We are blessed with having the great, great,…

Service learning is a form of experiential learning designed to engage students, faculty, and community partners in a mutually beneficial experience. Specifically, it "is a credit-bearing, educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and reflects on the service activity…

The topic of international education continues to gain the attention of educators. However, the American Council on Education (ACE) spotlights a slow response from universities to make intercultural learning a critical part of the undergraduate education process. Nonetheless, intercultural components are common not only in intercultural…

Extramural liberal adult education (LAE), as conceived in the particular UK tradition, was doomed by its high-minded origins and its privileged status, and contributed little to the new concepts of "éducation permanente," lifelong learning, the knowledge society, the learning society and region, or to the new understandings of university…

This article focuses on the development of the Transforming Community Project, which draws staff, students, and faculty into discussing the history of race at Emory University and in the United States. The project's creation followed a difficult year of racial strife and suspicion at Emory that was unprecedented in its recent history. The strain…

Considered the cooperation and coordination necessary to help youth find a part of their accredited learning experience in the community at large. (Author/RK)

This pamphlet describes the functions of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and outlines principles and strategies for school-based community service programs that the CCSSO endorses. Essentially the CCSSO forms coalitions with many other educational organizations and is able to provide leadership for a variety of policy concerns…

A look at school training centers, which provide teachers, paraprofessionals, preservice individuals, administrators, and parents and community representatives an opportunity to upgrade skills related to their role in the school milieu. (Author)