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Direct linkMarshall, Joanne M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
The Boone Hope Foundation has given away over $130,000 in gift cards, rent checks, and eyeglasses--all targeted to help students with emergency needs related to food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare in its rural Iowa community. This is the story of teachers from a typical Midwestern school--relatively small and certainly not affluent--who have…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Student Needs, Homeless People
Fay, Glenn, Jr. – Science Teacher, 2006
The National Research Council has suggested that science classes need to become more active and authentic. To help with this effort, Thayer Model Engineering was created several years ago as an inquiry science course at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vermont. In this school, the students apply the Thayer Model--a four-step…
Descriptors: Models, Local Issues, Science Education, High School Students
Peer reviewedBerne, Richard C.; Judy, John M. – Social Education, 1985
Global Trends Workshops for secondary science and social studies teachers and supervisors conducted collaboratively by the Center for Environmental/Energy Education and the Tennessee Valley Authority's Environmental/Energy Education Program are described. The workshops helped teachers learn how to merge global trends with local concerns. (RM)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Environmental Education, Global Approach, Local Issues
Download full textHarris, Larry L.; Hepner, George F. – 1983
Control of urban development and preservations of open space have become increasingly controversial issues in recent years. This booklet was prepared to help citizens and local officials resolve these types of issues. It is intended to provide a framework for positive discussions between citizens and local officials, and includes an introduction…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Community Cooperation
Kyle, John E., Ed. – 1987
This book profiles over 30 local programs and policies designed to meet the needs of children and families in cities and towns. The first chapter concerns the examination of issues related to children and families in the context of policy and planning. It calls attention to the need for comprehensiveness and coordination in the strategic…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Community Needs, Community Problems
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
Ellis, Pam – 1986
In 1980, Tonnelly Central School District became the first school district in New York State to be dissolved pursuant to Section 1505 of Education Law, marking the first use of dissolution and annexation as a means by which to address the programmatic and management problems encountered in the operation of a central school district. Problems faced…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Case Studies
