Educational Restructuring and the Community Education Process.

Overview & Synopsis

This document explores the application of the community education process to restructuring activities at both the state and local level. The monograph contains the following papers: "In the Forefront of Restructuring" (Larry Decker, Valerie Romney); "Building Learning Communities: Realities of Educational Restructuring" (Larry Decker); "The Community Education Ethos: Relationship of Principles to Practice" (Donald Weaver); "Community Education in Educational Reform" (William Hetrick); "Restructuring Schools with the Forgotten Solution: Community Education" (T. R. Anderson, John Jeffrey); "National Education Leaders Speak Out on Community Education" (Larry Decker, Donna Schoeny); "America 2000 and Community Education" (Carl Jensen); "Promises to Keep: Can America 2000 Deliver What American Students Need?" (Susan Hall); "The 'Sleeper' in America 2000" (David Seeley); "Legislative Leadership for Educational Reform" (John Myers); "Community Education and Educational Reform: Where the States Are Now" (Linda Moore); "South Carolina's Total Quality Education: A State Model for Community Education" (Barbara Nielsen, Nancy Dunlap); "Kentucky's Family Resource and Youth Service Centers: An Expanded Role for Community Education" (Ruby Layson); "Community Education: A Foundation for Educational Reform in Ohio" (Sherry Mullett); "Effective Schools and Community Education: A Partnership for Educational Change" (Jacquelyn Rochford); "Community Education: Adapting to the Needs of an Urban Community" (Hugh Rohrer, Dan Cady); "School and Community Working Together: Community Education in Springfield" (Susan Freedman, Peter Negroni); "Community Education in Alabama" (Harry Toothaker); "Community Education Capacity Building: 1991 National Needs Assessment" (Valerie Romney); "The Evolutionary Image versus the Existing State" (S. McCune); "A Call for Action" (Larry Decker, Valerie Romney); and "Epilogue" (James Cooper). The document also includes 64 references and descriptions of the National Coalition for Community Education, National Community Education Association, and National Committee for Citizens in Education. (NLA)