Depicts Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims as parallels with types now in a representative university system. Speech delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar, San Fernando Valley State College, Los Angeles, California, June 29-July 3, 1970. (DS)

Public loss of confidence in schools (partly responsible for inadequate funding, censorship battles, and calls for curricular changes) is directly attributable to the growing sense of frustration of people who can't make meaningful contact with the schools. Reasons for the frustration are discussed along with ways to gain community support. (CJ)

A successful year-round tennis program developed in a high school as a result of community interest in tennis. Important factors in creating the school's winning varsity team were: (1) establishing a year-round program; (2) an organized team practice program; (3) professional approach to coaching; and (4) developing individual and team pride. (FG)

It is increasingly obvious that prison school educators must work toward keeping the public informed with concrete evidence of the value of prison educational systems. As the public is made aware of and understands the benefits which the society can derive from correctional education programs, approval of and support for these programs should…

The study of the relationship between satisfaction and spending preferences among 522 community leaders and 926 household residents in 8 rural Alabama counties indicated that generally higher levels of satisfaction were found among community residents; but, with some exceptions, leaders tended to prefer more spending on community services. (NQA)

To deal with censorship, teachers should prepare a rationale for the books they use, develop support in the community for freedom to read, be prepared to explain how materials are selected, and have a policy ready for handling censorship efforts. (AEA)

Approaches to gaining solid, continuing support for the art program in Dade County, Florida are outlined. The authors state that the advances made are the result of hard work and painstakingly earned administrative support. Each action step described is followed by a description of the result of that action. (KC)

In this introductory article to a theme issue, the author discusses the impact of budget cuts, shrinking enrollment, the teacher's declining public image, and the fragmentation of the music industry and the music education field. On the positive side he describes two cases where community pressure prevented music program cuts. (SJL)

The press has the power either to foster or to diminish confidence in the schools. Educators must learn some ways to use the news media to the schools' advantage. (JM)

Describes the services provided by the Family Stress Consultation Team, an Illinois community-based consultation group which has an experimental, multidisciplinary approach to the handling of child abuse and neglect cases. (CM)

Discusses how a professional opinion poll can be used in public libraries to persuade politicians to support a more favorable allocation of resources. Provides a specific example and notes the importance of constant vigilance, informal regional pollsters, and using polls not sponsored by the library (AEF)

Examines both the methods and the reasons for ensuring that rural populations of elderly mentally retarded citizens receive modern psychiatric assistance and community support. Provides an overview of the models currently available for providing rural delivery of services to the elderly mentally retarded. (Author/TE)

To rectify the problem of a mostly White teaching and administrative staff in a Delaware school district with a 17 percent Black student enrollment, administrators set up conferences with Black community members to discuss teacher recruitment, expectations for Black students, and the districts' effectiveness in meeting minority student needs. (MLH)

Identifies unique problems associated with developing gifted programs in rural schools. Makes suggestions to administrators concerning proper emphasis on program planning, sensitivity during the identification procedures, financial and transportation difficulties, and fostering community support. 8 references. (SV)

Increasing participation of Black students in high technology vocational programs requires (1) eliminating negative attitudes about vocational education; (2) introducing technology education in elementary and middle schools; and (3) linking vocational programs with community opportunities, for example, through the work of vocational-technical…