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Cornett, Bob – Kettering Foundation, 2015
Bob Cornett, a former state budget director for Kentucky, describes himself as a "retired bureaucrat." But as a parent, grandparent, and a person who has been involved in education reform for more than 20 years, he's come to understand that, if public education policies are to be corrected, the impetus has to come from the citizenry. In…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Community Involvement
Moon, Henry E., Jr. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
Highway interchanges offer rural counties practically ready-made sites for development, but some interchanges offer better development opportunities than others. A study of a Kentucky interchange identified seven factors that make a difference in development, including traffic volume, distance to an urban area, ruggedness of terrain, and sale of…
Descriptors: Business, Community Development, Community Planning, Land Use
Carter, Michael V. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1988
Looks at Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA) programs uniting 23 church denominations behind social and volunteer projects designed to improve quality of rural life. Describes CORA and its projects. (TES)
Descriptors: Church Programs, Community Action, Community Development, Quality of Life
Casto, James E. – Appalachia, 2001
Focusing state and federal dollars on targeted areas, the Kentucky Appalachian Community Development Initiative helps communities in eastern Kentucky fund their own strategies for economic growth. In Hindman, the project focuses on creating the Kentucky School of Crafts, to train master artisans; supporting the Kentucky Appalachian Artisan Center;…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education, Craft Workers
Warner, Paul D.; Korsching, Peter F. – 1975
By virtue of the Title V Rural Development Program, 10 paraprofessional workers were assigned, via Extension Services, to 10 counties in Appalachian Kentucky to engage in both action and research phases of community development. Extension specialists were provided to train and support the paraprofessionals in surveying local leadership,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation
Wolford, Bruce; Kelly, Ralph E.; Wachtel, Elizabeth Rehm – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1999
Presents how the state of Kentucky has approached the escalating expenditures and overcrowded programs and facilities for juvenile justice and mental health care services. Discusses four state legislative initiatives developed to care for at-risk and delinquent youth that have greatly enhanced and expanded Kentucky's system of community-based…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Delinquency, Educational Change
Kentucky Science and Technical Council, Inc., Lexington. – 1994
A Televillage is a virtual community of people, businesses, government agencies, schools, libraries, health care providers, and others that have common goals or needs and are linked through telecommunications, information resources, and shared services. A Televillage can develop a strategic focus for community and regional development; organize,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Information Services, Distance Education, Information Networks
Quick, Sam; And Others – 1985
Kentucky's SOS (Sharing Our Selves) Learning Networks are community-owned, volunteer-run, informal learning/development programs incorporating community needs and the skills/knowledge/experience of individuals regardless of academic credentials. The Cooperative Extension Service administers the programs. Interested community members list subjects…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Committees, Community Action, Community Development
Sexton, Robert F. – Equity and Choice, 1993
Presents observations and lessons drawn from two years of Kentucky school reform. Implementing the Kentucky School Reform Act of 1990 teaches that reforming schools also requires addressing the ways in which communities raise their children. Community work, with parent and student participation, improves family conditions and political decision…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Democracy
Lamm, Carol; And Others – 1986
Interviews conducted in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District sought answers for improving educational quality in the district, which has the highest dropout rate, the lowest holding power, and the lowest standardized test scores in Kentucky. Members of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development interviewed 155 people from 15 of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement