Given the challenges of a culturally and linguistically diverse student body, one exemplary high school has developed supportive schooling practices that provide academic rigor and access for all students while embracing their linguistic and cultural identities. This ethnographic study documents how this school contributed to the college…

Sustaining and strengthening tribal cultures, languages and traditions is at the core of every tribal college's mission statement. To help attain these goals, many colleges use one of Indian Country's greatest assets--its elders. Traditionally, elders hold a place of honor in American Indian society. Without cultural input from elders,…

Describes a small Charlotte, North Carolina, bookstore specializing in black literature. Aside from selling books, the author/owner provides the community with a meeting place for local workshops, a bulletin board promoting local black businesses, a newsletter for patrons, a mail-order service, and conversation with customers. (SA)

Describes a Harlem-based community bookstore and the services that the owner, Una Mulzac, offers the community. The shop stocks one of New York City's largest selection of books on Afro-American and African history and culture. (SA)

Describes the use of cable television for social service presentations to serve the community and enhance the status of the profession. Four areas are discussed: information and referral, education and prevention, programs for special groups, and community organization issues. (JAC)

While all the county offices are recommended as worthy of individual class visits, the author makes specific suggestions for using the offices of the clerk of court, register of deeds, and county attorney as resources in teaching business law. (AG)

Discusses ways to make possible the fuller use of home and community resources by students and teachers in schools, and ways to tie all of these resources together more closely. (Author/GB)

Learning for the student in today's world is dependent on enrichment other than that provided in the classroom. The world within and outside classroom walls must be united, including the utilization of daily increasing resources available outside the school. (Author)

The author, president of the National Society for Autistic Children (NSAC), reviews reactions for and against NSAC's resolution on deinstitutionalization which encourages community- based services for autistic individuals. (CL)

The article presents answers to questions asked by parents of handicapped children. Stress is placed on finding the right community or governmental agency to provide medical, educational, financial, legal, vocational, and long- term care needs. A form for recording the appropriate telephone numbers of various agencies is offered. (SBH)

This qualitative study investigated the barriers and facilitators that advisors of gay-straight alliances encounter when advocating for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) youth within schools. Twenty-two advisors were interviewed, and data revealed that multiple ecological systems (e.g., sociocultural, school, and individual…

How does neighborhood poverty affect the poor's ability to access resources such as health care and job information? Most studies have focused on individuals or neighborhoods; we focus on organizations--specifically, whether organizations are less connected if located in poor neighborhoods. Our case study is childcare centers. We ask whether…

Objectives: To assess the impact of a voluntary, paraprofessional home visiting program in preventing child maltreatment and reducing the multiple, malleable psychosocial risks for maltreatment for which families had been targeted. Methods: This collaborative, experimental study focused on 6 Healthy Families Alaska (HFAK) programs; 325 families…