Three secondary teachers describe a school-wide support system for meeting the needs of gifted students in and beyond the regular classroom. A management team coordinates enrichment within the school and community while a computerized data bank of enrichment resources is accessible to all learners. (CL)

Approaches to enhance the integration of severely handicapped students into community activities should be based on specific goals and objectives specified in the Individualized Education Program. Procedures for carrying out a community integration placement begin with assessment of community resources and progress to advertising the program and…

Most communities include people who can serve as important resources for curriculum activities. Offers a number of useful suggestions for using human resources from the community in the school. (Editor/RK)

The School Attendance Review Boards, better known as SARB, combines community and school resources with coordinated effort to solve the problem of student absenteeism. (Author/RK)

Many communities are rethinking their ideas of mutual support, social economy, and community economic development and are using "Time Dollars" strategies to build on their existing support networks and create a strong and valued social economy. This book provides an introduction to the social capital strategy of Time Dollars and presents…

The expertise of Extension or community health educators can be used to mobilize actual and potential patients, professionals, lay people, community groups and specific agencies; program innovations at the state and local levels in Maryland are reviewed. (Editor)

Trends include: less consumership emphasis, more variety, tailoring courses to student needs, more student participation, more problem-solving, and relating courses to the community. (DM)

Discusses the Yellow Pages of Learning Resources'' (MIT Press), a catalog to using the city as a classroom. (MB)

A field trip involving student participation on an actual jury is described. (JS)

Suggests resource people, that can be contacted in the local community, who can and are interested in helping the teacher to close the environmental education gap at the classroom level. (RB)

Discusses how extension programs have helped improve agricultural production, home surroundings, and youth development of the Ute Indians in Utah. (RB)

News notes on current developments in English Teaching and curriculum, and items of interest relating to English teaching. (JB)

Based on the assumption that self-esteem is essential to student success, this article describes a program, called Quest, that attempts to build self-esteem. Several examples are given of the program's impact in secondary schools across the nation. (WD)