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Markham, Lauren – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2023
Oakland International High School, winner of the 2017 National Community School Award, supports its recently arrived immigrant students by integrating academic, social, mental health, and material supports into the school day and beyond. Its community school model incorporates a Wellness Center, a tiered system of support and engagement, external…
Descriptors: High Schools, Immigrants, Holistic Approach, Community Schools
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2025
This playbook provides ways in which city and county leaders and their teams can blur the lines between high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. City and county leaders can play a significant role to raise the bar for student success by developing an "education-to-workforce system" that focuses on unlocking career…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Government School Relationship
Peppler, Kylie; Dahn, Maggie; Ito, Mizuko – Wallace Foundation, 2023
For some time now, the arts education community has designed for broader outcomes for youth. These programs intentionally foster not only youth achievements within the arts or academics, but also youth and community thriving--through outcomes such as youth civic engagement, occupational identities, and wellness. In this report, the authors seek to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Outcomes of Education, Guidelines, Learning Processes
National Center for Homeless Education, 2023
The ARP Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) program focuses on increasing state educational agencies' (SEAs) and local educational agencies' (LEAs) capacity to provide wraparound services by hiring staff, dedicating resources, and planning partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs). This brief: (1) summarizes the role and expertise…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Homeless People, Federal Aid, Emergency Programs
Little, Priscilla M.; Irby, Merita; Borah, Poonam; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2021
Because researchers know so much more about the brain and development than they did when the 20th-century U.S. education system was designed, this knowledge can now be used to design a system in which all individuals are able to take advantage of high-quality opportunities for transformative learning and development. This playbook suggests a set…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Innovation, Models, Critical Thinking
Gayl, Chrisanne L.; Young, Marci; Patterson, Kathy – Pew Center on the States, 2010
Decades of research show that quality pre-kindergarten programs can make a critical difference in children's school readiness and their future educational success. Investments in early learning are proven to yield important short- and long-term benefits for students and school districts. Driven by this strong evidence, the movement to expand…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
DeLong, Douglas J. – Principal Leadership, 2008
Having professional learning communities in place enables teachers and staff members to provide targeted assistance to students who need it. This article discusses Chardon (Ohio) High School's professional learning community program which provides time and support for students and teachers. Through the program, the teachers meet every week during…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Resource Allocation, Educational Strategies

Weiss, Stefanie C.; Gomperts, John S. – Educational Leadership, 2005
Older volunteers are helping urban students in developing the confidence and skills to succeed. Older adults, with their life experience and strong commitment to social service, can make a special contribution in underfunded and understaffed urban schools.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Older Adults, Volunteers, Intergenerational Programs
Morley, Elaine; Rossman, Shelli B. – 1997
This report is designed to assist communities engaged in or contemplating initiatives focused on at-risk youth. Much of the information comes from evaluations of the Communities in Schools, SafeFeatures, and Children at Risk initiatives. Brief descriptions of experiences or practices of the community programs are used to illustrate points made or…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Crime
Zeldin, Shepherd; Bogart, Joanne – 1990
This report profiles 15 programs that are providing education and support services to homeless students. These programs have been selected from over 40 nominations from state homeless coordinators and from national organizations concerned with services to the homeless. The profiled programs were selected on the basis of innovative educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Educational Innovation
Belshaw, Scott H.; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2006
This article deals with effective strategies to show that educators and school administrators can utilize court-ordered mentors, for at-risk juveniles placed in their classrooms. In the late 1980s and 1990s there was a convergence of two major events in juvenile justice. These were the reduction of government funds to address serious social…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Social Problems, Courts, Mentors
Brooks, Martin G; Sussman, Richard A. – Equity and Choice, 1990
Compares the Schools Reaching Out programs at two elementary schools in Roxbury (MA) and New York City with four similar projects elsewhere. Describes how an intervenor not involved with the ordinary operation of the school can help design, direct, motivate, and assess a school outreach program. (DM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Outreach Programs, Parent Participation

Iannacone, George; Skelly, Joan – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
This article describes a school district's programs that build relationships between the schools and the local senior citizens, including a grandparent program, developmental seminars, and a prom for senior citizens put on by the students. Also described are some keys to making such programs work, and the benefits. (DCS)
Descriptors: Dance, Generation Gap, Older Adults, School Activities
Hebbeler, Kathleen – 1993
This study compiled descriptive information about what states are doing or planning to do with early intervention data systems, a component of early intervention systems as specified in Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The study examined the uses of data systems in eight states: Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Data Collection, Databases, Disabilities
Kinneavy, Tom – 1989
This document describes a project conducted by Britain's Further Education Unit, at Cleveland Technical College in Redcar, England, to deliver adult education for the unemployed in local community facilities. The report is intended to help college administrators who are interested in delivering college programs for adults on an outreach basis. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education, Community Involvement