Awards

Winners have been named for the 1995 national Community Solutions for Education awards, sponsored by the Coalition on Educational Initiatives. The awards program designed by the coalition, a board of several organizations, identifies and recognizes outstanding grassroots programs that improve learning opportunities for young people through comprehensive community involvement. The winners were chosen from 250 entries nationwide. They are:

Community Newspaper Project, Birchwood, Wis.; Family Learning Centers, Harlingen, Tex.; Internet at Madison Middle School 2000, Madison, Wis.; KIDZBIZ, Chula Vista, Calif.; Lamar County Coalition of Education, Business, and Industry, Paris, Tex.; Project Renaissance, Xenia, Ohio; Student Assistance Center, East Hartford, Conn.

The following schools have been honored by the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Recognition Program. The U.S. Education Department established the program to honor schools that have made outstanding progress toward meeting the national education goal of having schools free of drugs and violence and offering a disciplined environment conducive to learning by the year 2000. The winners...