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Holkenbrink-Monk, Charlene E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Education reform has been at the forefront of educational research for decades, depicted by government initiatives and policy, research, and pedagogical changes and recommendations. When considering elements of educational change, policy, best practices, and individual merit and retention have also been heavily in the spotlight, such as "A…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, High School Graduates, Social Studies
Patel, Lisa; Vincent, Jeffrey M.; Veidis, Erika; Klein, Jonathan; Doane, Ken; Hansen, Jamie; Lew, Zoe; Yeghoian, Andra – Center for Cities & Schools, 2023
A statewide coalition of nearly 50 experts -- including doctors, medical and environmental health researchers, educators, youth and community groups -- worked together to explore the challenges of climate change from the perspective of children's health and education. The insights and recommendations are published in this report. It is presented…
Descriptors: Climate, Sustainability, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Cities & Schools, 2023
Amid fires, wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and other climate-driven disasters and health hazards, California's leading experts in children's health and education have come together to call for a cost-effective, ten year $150 billion investment to ensure K-12 public schools can remain open and provide safe and healthy places for California's…
Descriptors: Climate, Sustainability, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Donaldson, Rebecca Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
States have been given flexibility under No Child Left Behind to create need-driven comprehensive school improvement plans with an approved accountability system, however those unable to show increased student learning will be deemed as failing. Schools labeled as failing require a comprehensive framework for improvement. Research has identified a…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Case Studies, Failure, Educational Improvement
Liu, Judith; Kelly, Donald P. – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
The 2008 presidential election catapulted "community organizers" into the media fray and raised awareness about community organizing. At the University of San Diego (USD), a course teaching consensus organizing techniques to address community issues was instituted in 2004. The course incorporates traditional undergraduate students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Community Involvement, Social Change, Community Coordination
Cox, Carole – 1983
Given the aging of the population, the need for an increased number of persons trained and educated in gerontology is evident. To date, gerontology curricula have been based upon institutional requirements and interests, such as the guidelines provided by the Foundations Project (1980). To expand these guidelines, the needs and interests of the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Curriculum Development
Miles, Marilyn – 1973
The Northern Indian California Education Project is devoted to increasing the quantity and quality of accurate information available about local American Indian life through curriculum development, to helping school personnel to better understand and meet the needs of Indian students, and to increasing the participation and influence of Indian…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Involvement, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
San Francisco Unified School District, CA. – 1970
This report focuses on the planning stages and first and second years of operation of the Community Education Planning Project (CEPP) of the Ocean View, Merced Heights, Ingleside (OMI) Community Association. Curricular and program changes in the planning period in the seven elementary schools of the area envisaged the development of these schools…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Curriculum Development
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1974
This publication is intended to be used by school districts in California that are in the process of developing district and individual school master plans for restructuring educational programs for kindergarten and grades 1-3. A number of considerations pertinent to development of these master plans are outlined: (1) district- and school-level…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Health Services
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Bilingual Alternatives for Secondary Teachers and Aides, Berkeley, CA. – 1973
A multiple school district consortium in California, entitled "Bilingual Alternatives for Secondary Teachers and Aides" (B.A.S.T.A.), helps to implement secondary bilingual projects through training and technical support. The principal activities of the consortium are program development, curriculum development, staff development, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Community Involvement
California Univ., Riverside. Western Regional School Desegregation Projects. – 1971
This proposal outlines the objectives and functions of a citizens committee for the formulation of new programs and new and improved facilities for the Oakland Public Schools. The task of the committee will be to assist the Oakland Board of Education in defining goals and setting educational priorities for the years ahead, the plan being envisaged…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Involvement
Wong, William, Ed. – 1969
The National Committee for Support of the Public Schools focused on the claims of students and parents at its Seventh Annual Conference. Topics covered were student unrest, community involvement, relevant issue oriented approach to social studies, instructional television, student-run educational experiments, school management, classroom…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescents, Child Psychology, Classroom Environment
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Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1976
An overview of the Far West Laboratory (FWL) version of Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) is presented to acquaint potential adopters with the distinctive features, key roles, learning procedures of the Far West model, and its adaptability to local needs. (Core areas of the FWL-EBCE in which all students are expected to progress are career…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1977
The collection of California's exemplary practices in career education included in this document was chosen because each one illustrates an exemplary practice in a specific aspect of career education. It is also noted that each practice has demonstrated effectiveness and each can be replicated without unusual additional resources. Following the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Spaventa, Marilyn, Ed.; Machado, Craig, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
English as a second language (ESL) programs in community colleges are as diverse in the models they follow as the students they serve. This volume provides a detailed look at how faculty and administrators are tailoring their ESL programs to best serve the needs of their students and the missions of their institutions. The authors of the thirteen…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Adult Students, Community Colleges
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