Given the entrenchment of professional dominance and the decrease in lay influence, the establishment of School Site Councils in California will probably not radically alter the structure of educational governance. The author suggests that if professional power continues to grow unchecked, it will pose a threat to democratic principles. (Author/WD)

Discusses economic and social conditions confronting youths, i.e., youths' economic role and social policies and practices. Personal experiences in a community agency in Chicago reflect the community's relationships with youths and the role of agencies assisting young people. (Author)

Examines the impetus to use school desegregation as a means of achieving social change, the nature of effective Black schools, and the role of the Black community in supporting the achievement of Black students. (IRT)

Identifies the role of family and community in the education of elementary and secondary school students in China. Particular emphasis is placed on family and community involvement with students and teachers. Topics discussed include family-teacher conferences, grandparent responsibilities, parental responsibilities for disciplining students, and…

Presents information on the participation of children in effecting change in their lives and their communities in The Concerned for Working Children rural project in Karnataka, India. Discusses the concept of a children's trade union and the nature of community participation in empowering children to lead self-reliant lives. (AIM)

A study was conducted to determine whether their were significant differences in effects of outside facilities and resources of winners (n=69) versus nonwinners (n=169) in high school science fairs in the state of Mississippi. Results indicate that access to a university and resource dollars positively enhances chances of winning. (MDH)

The Afrocentric theories of Molefi Kete Asante are examined as they relate to drama. It is argued that the fundamental principle in understanding African-American drama rests on viewing it as a means of total creation deriving power from the interaction of the self, the community, and the cosmos. (SLD)

A 1998 randomized survey of American Association of School Personnel Administrators indicated that inadequate funding and employee salaries are big issues; teacher and administrator shortages will probably continue; special-education and technology teachers are most needed; and certain publics (school boards, legislatures, and business) are most…

Used cross-sectional data from the 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study to explore the factors affecting the educational aspirations of African American eighth graders. Results, based on a sample of 3,009 students, indicate a combination of family, community, and school characteristics has a direct effect on aspiration. (SLD)

Does homework work? Homework is the cause of more friction between school and home than any other aspect of education and becomes the prime battlefield when schools, families, and communities view one another as adversaries. This comprehensive third edition tackles all the tough questions: What's the right amount of homework? What role should…

In order to help school-age English language learners (ELLs) develop the literacy competencies required for success at school, it is important to recognize and draw on the repertoires of literacy practices that students develop outside school. The concept of multiple literacies provides an analytic heuristic with which to consider the range of…

To discover possible correlates of decisions in desegregation cases, the social background of the judges, variables from their environments, community linkages, and school district variables are examined in Southern school-desegregation cases. Order from Manning J. Dauer, Managing Editor, Journal of Politics, Department of Political Science,…

Experimental efforts to carry out a program of neighborhood one-to-one volunteer activity by urban low-income black elderly were unsuccessful. An alternate program of volunteering for group activities emerged. Environmental perils, limited professional supports, and volunteer characteristics were seen as accounting for the changed focus. (Author)

This address first briefly reviews what children are expected to know and be able to do when they reach adulthood and considers the critical developmental tasks which they must engage in and go through to meet such expectations. Then, consideration is given to the institutions of social networks in which development occurs as they operated in the…

The "social maps" of 89 youngsters as they made the transition from sixth to eighth grades (elementary to junior high school) were explored. Data were gathered through interviews with the youngsters in sixth and again in eighth grade. Subjects' mothers were also interviewed at both times. Interviews focused on the child's social network as…