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Urschel, Jane W. – American School Board Journal, 1998
Public deliberation is a little-used concept that gets people talking about education and working together to improve it. Study circles discuss each solution's pros and cons, explore people's deeper motivations, weigh others' views carefully, work through conflicting emotions, and identify common ground. Pueblo, Colorado's process is profiled.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Discussion, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textTaher, Bonnie – 1997
This booklet describes early reading programs in six different elementary schools in Colorado that share the same goal--all children must be fluent readers and writers by the time they enter third grade. The six schools, while different in size, location, and socioeconomic makeup, each emphasize: early intervention; a balanced, consistent teaching…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Community Involvement, Early Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness
Levine, Lori Santo; Jones, Judith E. – Children and Families, 1997
Describes a special Head Start initiative called Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities. Notes five such Head Start programs in Puerto Rico, Kentucky, California, Colorado, and New York that have designed substance abuse prevention models to strengthen families and neighborhoods by providing a healthy…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Early Childhood Education
Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
This is a general evaluation and description of a museum for children ages two through 12 that was begun by a group of citizens in Denver, Colorado. The evaluation shows that the museum is serving the community successfully and has met its broad goal of giving children an opportunity to develop positive self-concepts and to grow cognitively…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Involvement, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education
Francis, J. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The name of the United States School Garden Army was adopted in March, 1918. The work of the organization is an expansion of work undertaken by the Bureau of Education in 1914. The scale upon which it was done was limited by the finances that could be secured for it. The acute demand for food production growing out of the war conditions made…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Educational Environment, School Activities
Latin American Research and Service Agency, Denver, CO. – 1987
The goal of the Hispanic Agenda is to enhance the quality of life for Colorado Hispanics and all other Coloradans. Responsibility for the program rests with the Hispanic community and leadership. The Hispanic Agenda Steering Committee began work in January 1986 to develop the structure and process for the Agenda. Program components, identified…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Development, Community Involvement
