The situation today in the area of comprehensive child care is discussed from the viewpoint of the Day Care and Child Development Council of America. A new strategy and new tactics for the accomplishment of a comprehensive child care system in the next four years is outlined. The role of the council is seen to be that of awakening, uniting, and…

Addresses the moral problems and issues brought about by AIDS and examines the responsibilities of the Christian community to educate the public and comfort the afflicted. States that proper understanding of the nature and value of "community" enables discernment of moral responsibilities and the notion of a caring presence. (GEA)

Author discusses the potential of multi-channel cable television for educational purposes with emphasis on an informed public in order to insure educational access in schools. (HB)

A comparison between authority structure in two Pueblo communities gives insights into their potential for developing community controlled educational programs. (JB)

A panel discusses the need for, and the problems of, societal involvement in planning programing for cable television. The panel members stressed the need for community self-help programs. (Other conference materials are LI 503071-503075 and 503077 through 503084.) (SM)

Predicts that intellectual and technological revolutions will place new and continuing demands on libraries. Public libraries will develop a community orientation where private research facilities exist but public research libraries will also develop. Permanent research and evaluation programs will be established. (JS)

Discusses the need for greatly expanded community library services, for librarians to accept social responsibility for education and information, and for the library to become a program for getting information to where it is needed. (JS)

Examines how the industrial arts curriculum can develop attitudes toward resource recovery in elementary, middle, and high school. Discusses resource recovery hardware, environmental legislation, and citizen responsibility. (CT)

Offers an analysis of the interaction between research and programing in public radio and television licensees, examining the impact of ascertainment and research procedures on public station program planning and evaluation. It is suggested that even without regulations, most stations would continue with some form of ascertainment and research.…

Discusses organizational change strategies that school districts can adopt to help all students achieve at high levels. Provides a chart classifying organizational strategies. Draws implications for superintendents using these strategies. (PKP)

Social services in China are provided primarily by local street offices and residents' committees, both serving as mechanisms for social and political control. Improvements in community development are dependent on professional training and separation from political education and mobilization. (SK)

This article considers the historical and current national context for integrating community engagement into graduate education. While it might be argued that most graduate education contributes generally to society by advancing knowledge, we are referring here to community engagement that involves some reciprocal interaction between graduate…

This brief describes two exceptional model programs for adjudicated youth with disabilities: Woodland Hills Residential Facility in Duluth, Minnesota and the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Walter McGinnis High School in Red Wing, Minnesota. The brief shares best practices from research about these programs as well as insight, commentary, and…

In this paper, the questions of whether or not the transmission of common civic values and commitments to society should be a major goal of U.S. schools is considered. The effects of classroom, school, and society on civic values and attitudes are addressed in terms of: (1) the curriculum and classroom instruction; (2) school structures and…

Presents part of the winning entry in the competition organized by Stirling University (England). The extract presented forms the conclusion to a wide ranging essay which covered the various forms of pollution. (EB)