The author cites five specific areas in which the staff of community resource agencies can serve as resources in vocational education, a resource often overlooked. (AG)

The community and the home can provide invaluable assistance to teachers in developing a meaningful career education program. The author lists nine suggestions concerning sources for people and places which can contribute to a career education program. Several research projects have designed materials which can be used to supplement the program.…

Would you believe 36 seventh graders could run a restaurant completely staffed with everyone from a maitre d to a dishwasher? (Author)

The City College of San Francisco and local churches have enjoyed a rewarding and expanding relationship characterized by cooperation and mutual support. (JO)

This paper presents a report on a special services aide program in Connecticut. The community was the source of the paraprofessional personnel, who were then trained by teachers. By the end of a successful second year, there was a need for a university/school cooperative training program to fill the demand for these personnel. Presented in a…

Lists 20 ways to mine community resources for the benefit of the vocational education program. (SK)

The Community Resource Center of Manchester, Connecticut, acts as a central clearinghouse for resource persons and pograms for classroom enrichment. The center's development, its resource file, and its relationship to the classroom teacher are reviewed. (CL)

A summer program for gifted middle students implemented the Enrichment Triad Model through community activities in which students learned the skills and tools of a geographer. Considerations for conducting such a program within a school include teacher selection, scheduling, and parent involvement. (CL)

Mobile recreation units can bring a variety of program offerings to participants often missed by conventional programming. (JD)

Identification of the appropriate target population for literacy services requires systematic analysis of needs conducted through contact with local resource people and agencies. Sharing the results with community organizations could be a way of raising community consciousness about literacy needs. (SK)

Data from Oregon communities, 1949-1989, show dramatic changes in income between urban centers and rural communities at the periphery. Coping strategies for rural areas include cartels, self-sufficiency, community sustainability, harmonized interests with urban cores, and changing community identity. (Author/SK)

The Iowa Community Betterment (ICB) program provides support to communities attempting to maximize their own resources and create development. In two ICB projects, Edgewood citizens developed badly needed affordable housing and built a golf course, and Greene residents boosted tourism by building a paddlewheel riverboat and supporting local…

In this article, the author reminisces about the pleasure she derived from growing up in a "book-rich" home, and how that developed into a lifelong love of reading. Today, one-third of all children do not have books in their homes, and, even though they may have access to books over the Internet or at a library, the author contends that this is…