Articles about labor education in the world are presented. Articles include the Danish trade unions and development education; the trade union school at Orenas and workers' education in Sweden; an industrial undertaking in Colombia made into a cooperative by its own workers; and women's trade union committees in China. (CT)

Describes the savings a cooperative group of school systems were able to make when purchasing services and supplies as a group. It includes 15 school systems and has been in existence for 12 years. Includes a brief article explaining why school systems may not find cooperative buying to their advantage. (MD)

Food supply and scarcity are closely linked with issues of gender and poverty. Traditional economic development models do not guarantee equitable distribution. Home economists, with their knowledge of the economic food chain and women's cooperative enterprises, can work to improve food security worldwide. (SK)

Goal-differentiation by decision-makers were examined in terms of the: 1) perceived importance to cooperatives of 4 social system goals; 2) pressure felt to achieve the 4 goals; and 3) correspondence between perceived importance and pressure. (NQ)

Outlines the possibilities for savings when using cooperative agencies for purchasing school supplies and services. (MD)

Indicates that where collectivization is accompanied by (1) state commitment to sex equity, (2) activities of a strong women's union, and (3) willingness to recognize problems and experiment with new forms of organization, the implications of collective agriculture for women are positive and contribute to the liberation of rural women and their…

A wide variety of charter schools has emerged since the first charter was granted in 1991. Six distinct models include schools managed by grassroots organizations, schools focused on special student populations, schools centered around distance learning or home learning, business-managed schools, schools structured as teacher cooperatives, and…

At Eastern Washington State College, a veterans organization on campus has leased an empty dormitory building and turned it into a veterans co-op. (Author/PG)

The basic approach of the Fourth Five Year Plan in India is the creation of conditions necessary for a 5 percent growth in agriculture. The Cooperatives have made a real contribution in the improvement of agriculture and have now launched a member education program. (EB)

Muintir na Tire was founded in 1931 as a cooperative society for rural development in Ireland. From 1937-70, it shifted to a vocationalist mode; 1970 to the present focused on restructuring the movement. Currently, it needs to press for its share of available funding for community development. (SK)

Considers whether two rural traditions of Irish community development--community councils and community cooperatives--conform to models of radical and pragmatic collective action. Shows that both have features of both models but gravitate more toward pragmatic, populist action rather than radical transformative change. (Contains 24 references.)…

The ESL (English as a second language) Cottage Industry Education and Employment Program was developed to provide ESL and life skills instruction to homebound and elderly refugees while, at the same time, fostering the continuation of native crafts and folklife. The program was the cooperative effort of local adult education staff, leaders and…

At a UNESCO meeting of representatives of international nongovernmental workers and cooperative organizations, the delegates laid particular emphasis on the correlation between political, economic, and social problems on the one hand, and educational, cultural, and training activities on the other. The participants especially stressed the need for…

Based on the philosophy of individuals taking responsibility for their own destinies through mutual self help, and drawing heavily from European cooperatives, Western Co-operative College provides training for elected officials and employees of cooperatives such as marketing, consumer, finance, service, and education cooperatives, and government…