Learning and Action through Social Education and Reading (LASER) is a program for urban community-school leadership and curriculum development. It seeks to break down the walls between schools and the communities they are intended to serve. It consists of seven interrelated components: Community-School Relations, Educational Leadership Development, In-School Activities, Joint Development and Evaluation, Parent Participation, Staff Development, and Student Curriculum Development. Ideally all LASER components will feed into one another. General objectives are: to facilitate the utilization and evaluation of the LASER School Curriculum component in public schools; to develop specific, structured procedures, based on the inquiry approach, to enable site participants to interact in a way that will lead to efficiency and self-sufficiency in utilizing the curriculum; and, to reformulate goals and objectives in the light of new results. Specific objectives for teachers are: to develop an understanding of the curriculum's philosophical foundation, objectives, and general teaching approach; to master the inquiry approach in (1) identifying (or defining) the problem, (2) hypothesizing, (3) testing the hypothesis, (4) drawing conclusions, (5) applying the conclusion, and (6) generalizing; to be aware of the purpose of each cognitive task; to create a classroom atmosphere that induces free exchange of ideas; to employ a variety of resources; to incorporate ideas, suggestions or materials of others to advance work; to engage students in the evaluative process, particularly of materials used; and others. (Author/JM)