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Download full textCasto, Hope G. – School Community Journal, 2016
School-community partnering activities promote the education of children, the well-being of families, and the vitality of communities. This study explores the connections that exist and are desired between a small, rural elementary school and its local community. Interviews (n = 21) with district and school administration, teachers, parents, and…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Elementary Schools, Rural Areas
Direct linkLewis, Kirstin; Demie, Feyisa – Review of Education, 2015
This research identifies strategies that schools have used to raise achievement among white working class pupils in multiracial schools. The methodological approach comprises case studies of schools and focus group interviews to ascertain the views of teachers, parents and children about strategies that worked to raise achievement. The study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, White Students, Working Class
Berkley, Tony – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
In 2001, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation launched the SPARK initiative to improve early learning and transitions into elementary school for vulnerable children. Eight programs were funded, each of which anchored their work in their local communities by forming partnerships with parents, schools and a variety of local organizations. Seven of the eight…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Preschool Evaluation, Transitional Programs, Partnerships in Education
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 2009
More than 200 educators and child advocates from around the country issued a "call to action" during a historic national forum in late March, mobilizing in Washington to develop policies that will link ready kids to ready schools and set America's youngest learners on a path to lifelong achievement. The two-day event in late…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Child Advocacy, Conferences (Gatherings), Articulation (Education)
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 2009
This report describes efforts to provide seamless transitions from early to elementary education. Specifically, it details SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids), a five-year initiative funded by the Kellogg Foundation, which has contributed a unique, community-based perspective to the national conversation on what it takes to…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Case Studies, Transitional Programs, Articulation (Education)
De La Ronde, Chris; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2006
State Compensatory Education (SCE) is a supplemental program in Texas designed to eliminate disparities in (a) student performance on assessment instruments administered under chapter 39 of the Texas Education Code (1995), and (b) the rates of high school completion between students who are at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Texas…
Descriptors: School Districts, State Programs, Compensatory Education, Supplementary Education
