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One mother describes her communal child rearing experiences. (NH)

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission talks briefly about the government's financial obligations to public broadcasting and about the noncommercial media's obligation to the public. (AA)

The current study used an experimental design to evaluate a sexual violence prevention program based on a community of responsibility model that teaches women and men how to intervene safely and effectively in cases of sexual violence before, during, and after incidents with strangers, acquaintances, or friends. It approaches both women and men as…

This study examines how communities participate in schools across diverse contexts in developing countries and the results attributed to community participation. It reviews evaluations of participatory approaches to education in developing countries to answer two basic questions: 1) How do communities participate in school in developing countries?…

This report reflects the work of the Commission on Environmental Education created and authorized to study environmental education in the state of New Jersey. The commission identified the knowledge, attitudes, values, behaviors and skills that should be communicated, developed, and/or nurtured among the state's citizenry. A list of…

The New England Program in Teacher Education (NEPTE) sponsored and evaluated five teacher education workshops in 1971. Conferences were held in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island. In each conference a team of participants was assembled and instructed to observe all activities. The participant team talked informally with…

The recent history of an agricultural region of Central Kenya relates the details of the foundation of cooperatives. The social case of the study describes the desire of the inhabitants of part of the region to have a nursery school and the problems that came up among the inhabitants and the construction and planning of the school. (RR)

Reviews the background of and salient issues raised by a 1982 Supreme Court decision in the case arising from a boycott (begun in 1966) of certain Port Gibson, Mississippi, businesses by local Blacks and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (GC)

Advocates total community support for families whose children must care for themselves during out-of-school hours while their caregivers are working. (MP)

The great numbers of Indo-Chinese refugees in Ontario have placed tremendous pressure on three major fields' teaching resources: the volunteer system, the community college, and the school system. The amount done for the refugees is not equal among the communities. Many high school age children have no ESL programs. (PJM)

The extent to which claims to educational rights are actually fulfilled in a society depends on a variety of conditions. There are eight conditions that can contribute to a society's falling short in the implementation of those rights. The conditions include: (1) complacency--failure to take steps toward ensuring that the right is honored in…

This is a report on Alaska's "local option law" which allows villages to choose one of the following four options on alcohol availability in their communities: (1) the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited unless sold under a community liquor license; (2) the sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to one of several types of retail…