This book contains 54 articles providing examples of how to involve the public, home, and community effectively in an educational partnership. It consists of four sections. In the first section various aspects of encouraging parent involvement are addressed, including using television to improve family relationships, bridging the gap between parents and children, developing parents' Title I participation, and strengthening the home as an educational institution. Discussed next are such efforts in utilizing community resources as programs for the gifted and talented, law-related education for adults, utilization of living historians, museum programs, banking programs, police efforts at youth relations, and 4-H programs. Included among those topics covered in a section on home/community/school participation in planning and decision making are discipline, community councils, PTA involvement, the community educator as change agent, parent/teacher/student problem solving committees, problems caused by rapid community growth, and recruiting local support. The following areas are examined in a section on interagency cooperation: programs for developmentally disabled preschoolers, school government cooperation, agency cooperation to achieve cost effectiveness, and establishing an adult education program in the private sector. (MN)