Suggests that what is needed is a more balanced federalism which will increase local community development under special revenue sharing with a new generation of comprehensive and more responsive categorical programs. (Author/AM)

Holds that Federal deregulation and the return of educational finance and decision making to the local level will exacerbate, rather than begin to solve, the nation's educational problems. (GC)

How to expand to a larger scale a working community-service program using federal money is considered. Planning time is an essential, as are a focus on program culture and technical support. Adapting programs, rather than prescribing solutions, should help in the cautious move toward a national program. (SLD)

Appraises the definition of Federalism under the Reagan presidential administration and predicts the impacts of current policies regarding federal aid on urban school systems. (Author/GC)

Ascribes the increase in corporate funding of public schools to the increase in the number of small, locally based programs. Focuses on the Join-A-School program and the mutual benefits reaped from such corporation-school partnerships. While recommending these partnerships, insists on Washington's ultimate responsibility for improving public…

There is little likelihood of significant new funding for cities. The future may require real decentralization in the ways we live, with fundamental restructuring of political and economic institutions. A system of communities structured locally around new institutions and supported by regional planning might sustain a different culture. (SLD)