Describes a program established in Los Angeles to introduce curbside recycling and automated trash collection to multilingual residents. Discusses a grass-roots community-based outreach strategy designed to change attitudes toward waste. (LZ)

Examines the uses of R.I.C.E. (Responsibility, Interdependence, Creativity, and Empowerment) processes to enhance civic education programs. Highlights R.I.C.E.'s compatibility with the National Standards for Civics and Government in the areas of shared responsibility, global interdependence, dynamic creativity, and people empowerment. Includes…

A program is described in which student work and achievement were displayed during Public Schools Week in a Solano County (California) shopping mall. The purpose of the program is to provide publicity for schools and to reach the 75% of the adult population who have no personal contact with schools. The program description includes: types of…

Well-planned, cooperative efforts to develop positive attitudes can generate improved school climate and improved student performance, as illustrated by the experience of the Duval County (Florida) Public Schools. The district's marketing efforts focus on progress reporting and performance recognition both internally and externally. Among the…

Increasingly, taxpayers are unwilling to suport educational programs they do not understand. Based on the premise that such support comes from an enlightened public, this article proposes a carefully orchestrated citizen visiting team to examine school programs and report results to the board. Includes two references. (MLH)

Using data from the "Gallup Polls of the the Public's Attitude Toward Education," this study examines how certain socioeconomic and demographic characteristics (parent/nonparent, education level, age, gender, city size, religious preference, and geographic region) relate to a community's assessment of public school education. Includes…

Describes the Skyline Farms Project in Appalachian Alabama, a largely unsuccessful attempt to transform ex-tenant farmers into independent landowners. Traces the history of Skyline Farms from the 1930s to the early 1940s. Describes community attitudes and social services (education, health, recreation, home economics). Discusses reasons for the…

The past superintendent of the Toledo (Ohio) public schools explains how a community survey was used to set school priorities and develop curriculum in a way that significantly increased school support. (JM)

Energy education at colleges and universities has expanded rapidly to include programs, conferences, and workshops to raise public consciousness about energy issues. The range of energy education programs includes consumer-oriented courses, vocational courses, advanced courses, nondegree courses, energy research, and community service programs.…

Compares the place of physical education and art education in the school curriculum. Claims that physical education deadens feelings and that a healthy democracy needs compassion, imagination, and interconnectedness. Concludes that to reassert education for democracy there needs to be a replacement of the dominant ethos of the football machines…

Discussed is the Action Research and Community Problem-Solving model as an approach to environmental education. The basic steps to this approach are described. Bridges to the community and between the sciences are proposed. (CW)

Discusses results of a survey that compared visions of library leaders to public attitudes about libraries and technology. Topics include conflict between the personal image of libraries versus impersonal technology; the need for reassurance that reading is not being replaced by computers; and the role of the librarian and the library. (LRW)

Discusses the benefits of dome architecture for a community's middle- and high-school multi-purpose facility. The dome construction is revealed as being cost effective in construction and in maintenance and energy costs. (GR)

Although multiculturalism is praiseworthy, there are various foundational, conceptual issues that art educators need to think about with care and caution. In order to address these issues, this paper describes some personal experiences that impact on the implementation of multiculturalism in the schools. The paper begins with an analysis by T.…

Designed to provide basic guidelines and examples that can be used by community colleges for organizing and conducting community impact studies, this booklet describes the experiences of Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC), Eastfield College (EC), and Valencia Community College (VCC) in conducting their impact studies. Introductory material…