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Download full textIonia County Intermediate School District, Ionia, MI. – 1967
A demonstration project was proposed to provide community school services in six school districts in a predominantly rural area. Cooperative planning and sharing of resources were emphasized to utilize school facilities during periods when schools were not regularly in session. In general, cultural and educational services were lacking in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Community Schools, Community Services
Olympia Community Unit District 16, Minier, IL. – 1973
The consolidation of 5 school districts into one, encompassing 377 square miles in Illinois, is described in this booklet. Information is included on the actual consolidation; the people and communities served by the new school district; programs and facilities in the elementary schools and the high school; and the Title III, Elementary and…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Consolidated Schools, Curriculum, Educational Innovation
Olympia Community Unit District 16, Minier, IL. – 1973
In March 1973, a door-to-door District census was directed by the Olympia Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Project Office (Illinois). Assisted by the Olympia Citizens Advisory Council and over 300 volunteers, the ESEA Office obtained population data from the census for the rural area. At the same time, a questionnaire to…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Surveys, Demography, Educational Research
Dropkin, Ruth, Ed. – 1975
In this interview (funded via a Title III Elementary Secondary Education Act grant) the roots of progressive education are revealed as Marian Brooks recounts the beginnings of her teaching career in 1924 at the age of 15 in a one room rural New Hampshire school. The interviewer's questions encompass the: (1) nature of the early teacher preparatory…
Descriptors: Activities, Child Development, Community Involvement, Educational History
