In South Carolina, service learning is located in the state Office of Community Education. The community education state plan includes strategies for infusing service learning into community education. The state association, universities, and adult education programs are involved in service learning initiatives. (SK)

The Tri-State Initiative is a collaboration for service learning linking the Iowa Department of Education; Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning; and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Six demonstration schools are restructuring using service learning methodology. (SK)

In a diverse, multicultural school, administrators, teachers, and students are empowered as a learning community and community education directors are in a unique position to facilitate multicultural activities at school campuses. (Author/JOW)

The purpose of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Alliance is (1) to establish a community coalition to bring about change; (2) to empower people on the personal level; (3) to envision a new reality or alternative future; and (4) to challenge the idea that citizens are not capable of understanding the issues or making decisions that determine their future.…

Challenges of the twenty-first century for community education are accompanied by unprecedented opportunities. Four goals are to ensure the long-term viability of campus community education centers, expand the literature, have policymakers accept community education philosophy, and ensure visible roles in school reform for community educators.…

Accelerated learning and teaching, classroom practices that condition students into a positive learning state, can help community educators fulfill their role as change agents. (SK)

Preservice teachers, social workers, and counselors studied resilience while performing service-learning projects in Wisconsin elementary/middle schools. Middle school teachers conducted service-learning projects in their classrooms. The college students gained valuable knowledge about teaching and ways to foster resilience in children. (SK)

The community schools movement can help to provide equality of opportunity for all persons concerned if educational planning and goal setting include all of the people responsible for education -- parents, administrators, citizens, teachers, and students (PACTS). (Author/DN)

Explains some of the reasons for existing confusion related to the purpose of Community Education. Places the concept in a different perspective by presenting a model of the community education program and process. (Author/DN)

Presents a plan that shows how the knowledge, skills and experience of "older" persons can be used as a resource to improve effectively the quality of education (Author/DN)

Relates some of the significant developments arising from one large school district's quest for meaningful school-community involvement. (Author/DN)

Explores the role of the social development officer in England and relates this role to activities which suggest that a new profession, populated by social development officers, will soon emerge on the British new town scene. More specifically, this development may lend itself to a new American profession in urban development efforts. (Author)

Interviews with five community education directors and five elementary/middle school principals elicited three themes related to effective leadership: staff empowerment, shared vision, and ownership through consensus. "Followers" should be actively engaged catalysts who have a crucial role in organizational success. (SK)

Examines the concept of a life-centered core curriculum for schools and argues that such a curriculum would be more relevant to students and would better serve the needs of modern society than a more traditional curriculum. (JG)

Considers the potential benefits and problems of using performance objectives to evaluate community education programs and discusses three different conceptual perspectives on the use of performance objectives. (JG)