This is a study of the relationship of a number of school and community characteristics to achievement performance levels of fifth and eighth grade pupils in a 1965 sample of 99 school districts (86 usable) in New York state. A simple model of the educational process was constructed and the relative importance of a number of school inputs…

This paper examines some of the problems encountered by a Japanese researcher in Japanese communities and Mennonite communities in California and Ontario. (Author)

The article suggests that the regional origins constitute an important factor in determining the variations in the establishment of Chicano communities. Compared are the experiences of Mexicans in the community area of South Chicago, Illinois and a closely situated city, East Chicago, Indiana. (NQ)

Proposes a multimethod strategy designed to (1) reduce the existing confusion of methods for determining which neighborhoods within a community are at high risk for child maltreatment, and (2) identify neighborhood characteristics and problems associated with child abuse and neglect. Includes examples of data that can be obtained using this…

Focuses on Samoans in Los Angeles to highlight ways that kinship patterns influence cultural adaptation. Finds that the traditional descent corporate group has changed to quasi-kin organization within the migrant community and that because of this, Samoan migrants are relatively less motivated to assimilate into mainstream society. (GC)

Offers theses to encourage search for community in the changing countryside: because of its influence on social well-being, the community is alive; rural areas present special community development advantages/problems; strategies must address sources of rural problems in larger society; rural sociology can specify/measure parameters of rural…

Looks at the historical origins of science, and notes that the most obvious difference between artistic and scientific communities is the higher press for orthodoxy among the latter. If there is no one all-embracing science, we may use museums devoted to scientific theory building and we might redesign our museums of art more along ethnographic…

This article reports on: (1) the probability of population decreases during the 1960s in midwestern communities grouped by size and proximity to larger urban areas; and (2) an analysis of the socioeconomic factors associated with the level of per capita retail sales in 86 Illinois communities of between 2,500 and 10,000 population. (Author/NQ)

The organizational set-up of a vocational agriculture program should be one that is responsive to the changing needs and circumstances which the educator encounters in the community. (KP)

The principal concern of this paper is to identify those organizational, teacher, and community characteristics that are associated with varying levels of student achievement growth. (Author)

A report on the use of educational vouchers as a means for guaranteeing community control, specifically in the Seattle, Washington school system. (SP)

Observing children's use of space and utilizing materials gathered from the community are discussed as ways of reflecting community in the classroom environment. (RH)

Data from a random sample of principals and superintendents were analyzed to test hypotheses concerning the relationships between self-monitoring and selected personal, organizational, and community variables. Findings were that community urbanity, cost per pupil of programs, and administrator's age are significant predictors of high…

A museum program in Montreal encourages elementary and secondary school students to examine their surroundings and neighborhoods. Units focus on stained glass windows, houses, history of Montreal, the neighborhood, and architectural heritage. (KC)