Limited to residents of small towns, villages and the rural open country, the study assessed the implications of the rural turnaround in the southern Ohio counties of Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, and Vinton. All five counties experienced outmigration in the 1950s, and all but Athens County lost population through outmigration in the 1960s. In…

A preliminary step toward the establishment of a mental health system in the United States that is congruent with the socio-cultural circumstances of Afro-Americans calls for an analysis of the relevance of behavior therapy to the Afro-American community. Considerable attention and analysis is given to the socio-cultural antecedents that interact…

THE SCHOOL CRISIS IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, LASTED 5 MONTHS DURING WHICH TIME 10,000 CHILDREN WERE DENIED EDUCATION BECAUSE OF CLOSED SCHOOLS. FEWER THAN 4,500 STUDENTS WENT TO MAKE-SHIFT TUTORING GROUPS, 1,600 OF THEM TRANSFERRED TO SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE CITY. SCHOOL CLOSING DISRUPTED FAMILY LIFE, WEAKENED COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND HURT BUSINESS. THE…

MORE THAN IN ALMOST ANY OTHER PROFESSIONAL GROUP, THE ATTITUDES OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL ARE INFLUENCED BY COMMUNITY FACTORS. GENERAL ATTITUDES OF WHITE PUBLICS WILL CERTAINLY BY SIGNIFICANT FOR SPECIFIC ATTITUDES OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL TOWARD INTEGRATION. MOST SCHOOL PERSONNEL ARE MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. THEIR CLASS VALUES AND STATUS CONCERNS ENTER…

It has been difficult to recruit and retain active Girls Service Organization (GSO) members who serve as official hostesses for all Armed Services YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) programs and activities in El Paso, Texas (a bicultural setting). This study tested the hypothesis that the perceptions of institutional pressures by the two…

This report describes the first Public Policy Seminar, sponsored by the Black Child Development Institute in the summer of 1972. The seminar was designed to provide the opportunity for information-sharing, awareness of federal policy making, and a channel for minorities involved in child development at the community level to exert pressure and…

This report examines the varying degrees of controversy and conflict experienced by two cities when they attempted to desegregate their public schools. Using these experiences as examples, the report shows how education boards can implement desegregation plans to avoid community controversy. The author stresses that issues basic to avoiding…

Based on a study of black-oriented broadcasting conducted in 1970, the purpose of this report is to discern and elucidate, rather than measure conclusively, the dynamics of its "success," emphasizing the potential of such stations to have a positive social impact on their communities. Fourteen black-oriented stations were visited, 30 license…

Reviews factors that may impede the delivery of useful and appropriate diagnostic-intervention services to rural disabled children. Discusses rural parent, educator, school, and community factors as well as state and national policies that must be considered to ensure the provision of quality services to rural students. (JHZ)

Discusses the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as contexts for child development. Describes studies on the interaction of genetics and environment, on relationships between the family and hospital care, day care, peers, schools, parental employment and support networks, the community, and major transition life…

This book recognizes that publicity is required for interpreting the school to the community and the community to the school. Well-designed community-relations programs can create a sense of friendliness and good will toward faculties, provide adequate financial support for schools, and develop a sense of responsibility in the community for the…

Based on a participant-observer's 14-month experience in the day care setting, this paper describes the curriculum implementation in an inner-city day care center--called "Banza" for purposes of this paper--in which both students and teachers come from working class or poor, African American, Caribbean, or Latino families. Through its…

In the University of Toledo/Springfield Local Schools Project, school districts, community councils, and teacher education institutions collaborated to assess school improvement needs and design personnel development programs. Results of this Teacher Corps program are described. (PP)

To understand the processes of learning and to make educational decisions for the future, three levels of environmental and historical context need to be considered. The microsystem represents the most immediate environment, the family; the exosystem includes environment experienced directly, the neighborhood; and the macrosystem represents the…

Increased government interference in college autonomy is seen to rest on the lack of responsibility of educational institutions and on their lack of sensitivity to community pressure. Increased government interference increases the workload on administrators and the cost of the administration of educational institutions. (MLW)