Regional Interstate Planning Project Program . . . Vol. III. The Role of State Departments of Education in International Community Education. Seminar Report.

Overview & Synopsis

The Regional Interstate Planning Project (RIPP) is composed of representatives from ten state departments of education who meet periodically to discuss topical educational issues of general concern. RIPP member states include Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. This particular booklet reports on a RIPP seminar on the role of state departments of education in international community education, which was held April 1-3, 1975 in El Paso, Texas. The report consists mainly of edited transcripts of various presentations made at the seminar. Titles of the presentations include: "Present and Future Challenges in Education: The International Dimension,""The Role of State Departments in International Community Education,""International Education in Utah,""The International Dimension in a Unitary Education System,""Cooperation Among Provinces and Territories of Canada,""The Environment of an Elected State Superintendent,""International Education in USOE,""Community Education in Arizona,""The Need for a Community Education Strategy,""Implementing Utah's Position on Community/International Education,""The Grass Roots Level in Community Education,""The Texas Approach to Community Education," and "Resistance to Community Education in Oklahoma." (JG)