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Blumenreich, Megan; Jaffe-Walter, Reva – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Montclair Cares About Schools (MCAS) is a citizen-activist group in Montclair, New Jersey, that used Facebook, emails, and online petitions to inform and organize citizens on local educational policy issues. Emerging in response to a new superintendent's plans to reshape Montclair schools with new teacher evaluations, administrative hires, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Mass Media Role, Educational Policy, Local Issues
Deschenes, Sarah; McLaughlin, Milbrey; Newman, Anne – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
Youth occupy a unique place in democratic society. They must primarily rely on others to speak on their behalf as decisions are made about the allocation of resources within and across various youth-serving institutions. Advocacy organizations comprise crucial representational assets for all youth, but America's poorest children and youth…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Organizations, Urban Youth, Public Policy
Kulpinski, Dan – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
This publication presents in-depth profiles of six high-performing partnerships funded by the Partnership for a Nation of Learners (PNL) and short profiles of the remaining grantees. The partnerships illustrate a range of examples of how museums, libraries, public broadcasters, and other vital community organizations can collaborate to address…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Museums, Libraries, Broadcast Industry
Mir, Ghazala – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
Research at the University of Leeds has evaluated how well changes to healthcare proposed in the Government White Paper "Valuing People" (Department of Health 2001) were being implemented in one locality and their impact on people with learning disabilities. The project had a developmental aspect and incorporated two workshops over the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local Issues, Workshops, Resource Allocation
Ahsan, Nilofer – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2008
Poverty and unemployment aren't spread evenly across cities or regions, but rather are concentrated in disinvested urban neighborhoods and rural communities around the country. These communities are home to the nation's most vulnerable children and families. Despite some signs of improvement in economic conditions for families in the United…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Disadvantaged, Urban Areas, Rural Areas

Zerkel, Mary – Radical Teacher, 2002
Describes the long-term effort to build leadership and strengthen the movement for economic justice. The effort involved working with community organizations and unions already organized around a local issue to link local issues with global economics. The focus on economic justice work led to working with groups that had been marginalized under…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Local Issues, Minority Groups, Privatization

Mowbray, Martin – Community Development Journal, 1985
Discusses various aspects of community work in Australia: national context, consensus politics, early community work, literature and training, current trends in Australian community work, localist programs, and community work politics. (CT)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Demography, Educational History
Trudell, Barbara – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
Examples of effective community-based action in defence of minority indigenous language are relatively few. However, three indigenous language committees of Northwest Cameroon, the Bafut, Kom and Nso' language committees, provide dynamic models of the role that community-based organisations can play in the development and maintenance of minority…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Committees, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities
Torres, Maria de los Angeles – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2006
Concerns about declining political participation in the United States have once again raised the question of how young people get involved in politics. This project focuses on engaged youths and explores the personal trajectories, people and institutions that encouraged them to become engaged with their communities. The report also discusses how…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Local Issues, Stereotypes, Politics
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1993
The Brushy Fork Institute at Berea College, Kentucky, helps develop the leadership skills that rural Appalachian communities need to solve local problems and spur economic development. Community members from 42 rural counties in 4 states (plus 2 student groups at Berea College) have attended weekend workshops at Berea College and returned home to…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Institutions
Wynn, Joan R.; And Others – 1995
This paper reports on the progress of eight Chicago-based community initiatives designed to redefine social services and broaden social responsibility for the development of children and families. The paper has three sections describing: (1) general background on the children, youth, and families initiative; (2) early lessons from an initiative in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Centers, Community Development

Polos, Nicholas C. – New England Journal of History, 1995
Examines the pitfalls and obstacles of applying a professional historian's standards to the practice of writing and researching local history. These include unreliable and incomplete records as well as sponsoring agencies that prefer sanitized legends to historical accuracy. Nonetheless, praises local history as a rich resource and recommends…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Community Organizations, Community Study
Campbell, Wendell, Comp. – 1991
The St. Louis (Missouri) Regional Child Care Partnership was created in 1990 to improve child care in the St. Louis and Metro East areas, where the quality, availability, and affordability of child care are community-wide problems. The partnership was formed by the Child Day Care Association of St. Louis and the St. Louis branches of the Junior…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
Hindman, Margaret – 1982
A conference attended by local, state, and national leaders and community members: (1) identified educational needs in the Frederick, Maryland area and (2) initiated an ongoing process of communication among community and education leaders. This innovative forum was sponsored by Community Commons, a citizens group, three local colleges (Hood,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Coordination, Community Organizations, Cooperative Planning
Ingram, E. J.; McIntosh, R. G. – 1983
The Education North Evaluation Project monitored operation of the Education North Project (a 1978-82 project aimed at encouraging parents, teachers, and other community members in small, isolated northern Alberta communities to work together in improving the quality of education for school-aged children), assessed project outcomes, and developed…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Case Studies, Community Involvement
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