The author discusses equal access to schooling, inequities in educational legislation, the responsibility of educators and their relationship with the community, the effective schools movement, and the question of governance. (CT)

Drawing on his long experience of Africa, the author discusses what needs to be done and what needs to be avoided to ensure that labor-intensive special public works programs yield tangible and lasting results. (Author)

School systems have long recognized the need for public support and participation, but now many districts are renewing their commitment to strengthen the ties with their communities. To build community support for schools that facilitates student achievement, school boards are developing communication strategies that routinely reach diverse…

This guide presents practical applications from a research study about the processes that schools use to initiate and sustain reforms. It examines the history of 10 elementary schools in high-poverty settings, including details of behavioral and attitudinal changes. Ten capacities were associated with the stages of successful reform. The…

Community involvement can do much to bring about confidence in the educational organization. Participation in decision-making is a vital component of the school district's operation as well as the school community relationship. (Author/GB)

The NSPRA is dedicated to helping practicing school administrators establish and pursue meaningful programs in public relations. (Editor)

Students in a Ohio school project, by using an entire watershed as their laboratory, are exploring ways to ward off pollution. (DS)

Strengthening the home front for defending the interiors from enemy attack should become the main purpose of adult education during the national emergency. (Author/ML)

The major difficulty facing community mental centers is uncertain financial support making it difficult to acquire and hold the necessary staff. These centers will achieve neither stability nor their true potential until this nation devises a universal system of prepaid medical care. Presented at World Mental Health Assembly in Washington, D.C.,…

Presents collective negotiations in local school districts as inestricably entwined with the political system in which the schools function. Discusses how the structure of the political system will affect the negotiations process, and in the light of the arguments presented, offers suggestions for school superintendents and board members as they…

In his efforts to obtain community commitment, the mental health professional must be aware that idiosyncratic expectancies of what the center will accomplish are held by the sponsoring agencies. (Author)

Presents a model explaining how refugee communities help their members accept the downward occupational mobility usually associated with refugee resettlement. Describes how refugees shape an image of themselves consistent with the occupational role, while shaping an image of the role consistent with their self-image. (Author MK)

Responses of 101 Tennessee school superintendents indicate: all allow and use corporal punishment; 57 keep records of corporal punishment usage; corporal punishment is considered effective in many cases; the community is seen as supportive of corporal punishment; and the paddle appears to be the most popular method of corporal punishment. (NEC)