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Download full textSwezey, Megan – 1994
This paper describes the work of Youth Service California, a state-wide collaboration of public and private organizations that since 1990 has brought the voice of the local youth service field to state level policy and program development. Youth Service California's purpose is the further development of a diverse state movement to increase and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Resources
Phillips, Robert L., Jr.; Wade, Sharon L. – 1987
Of the empirical research on agency utilization, examinations on the usage of community based organizations (CBO's) such as Community Action Programs, Opportunities Industrialization Centers, and Urban Leagues, have been minute. This study of CBO's revealed significant relationships relative to the use of program services by 575 respondents…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Discriminant Analysis
Peer reviewedSweeney, Jo Ann Cutler; Garrett, Alan W. – Social Studies, 1990
Summarizes reviews of research reports on classroom practice in the "Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning." Examines textbooks, instructional grouping, teaching methods, and computer-assisted instruction (especially games and simulations), and civic education through student participation in community programs.…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs
