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Scott, Diane L.; Sharma, Rashmi; Godwyll, Francis E.; Johnson, Jerry D.; Putman, Tim – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2020
This article explores the planning and implementation process for a community partnership school for a historically low-performing elementary school using an asset-based community development approach. We offer insights into the community needs assessment process that enabled four key community partners to identify needs and projects for the…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Partnerships in Education, Community Needs, Needs Assessment
Robson, Kelly; Squire, Juliet; Dammu, Indira – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Over the last 25 years, the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) has invested nearly $5.3 billion into the charter school sector, directing funds to schools in 43 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Approximately 60% of students in CSP grantee schools are from low-income backgrounds and 64% are Black or Hispanic. The CSP has played a critical role in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Federal Aid
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Sharpe, Erin K.; Dear, Samantha – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2013
In the field of international service-learning (ISL) there is an increasing call for practitioners to engage in critical reflection of the experiential aspects of their ISL programs. We take up this call by turning our attention to one particular dimension of our ISL course: our relationship with our host partner. Our analysis is grounded in our…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning, Experiential Learning
Cunningham, Mary; Harwood, Robin; Hall, Sam – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2010
As homelessness increased among families and children during the 1980s and 1990s, policymakers created, and strengthened, the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program. The McKinney-Vento EHCY program aims to mitigate the effects of residential instability through the identification of homeless children in schools and…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Physical Health, Federal Legislation
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Cookson, Simon – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2009
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is currently implementing a program to improve the language proficiency of pilots and air traffic controllers worldwide. In justifying the program, ICAO has cited a number of airline accidents that were at least partly caused by language factors. Two accidents cited by ICAO are analysed in this…
Descriptors: Accidents, Linguistics, Interference (Language), Code Switching (Language)
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1989
This document comprises the final technical report on the evaluation of the 1987-88 supplementary education programs of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District funded under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. The following major findings are reported: (1) half of the students who rode extracurricular buses…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Peer Counseling, Program Descriptions
MacPherson, Robert A. – Business Officer, 1991
The Colorado School of Mines' experience illustrates that with good planning and enough money, a small university can provide a high level of waste management service, complying with government regulations. Considerations in developing the plan include a segregation scheme for incompatible materials, vehicle selection, and costs of ongoing…
Descriptors: College Administration, Facility Improvement, Hazardous Materials, Higher Education
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Kirp, David L. – School Review, 1979
Presents an overview of British school policies for nonwhite (largely immigrant) children. Charts the development of busing for racial integration and discusses problems arising from the dispersal of nonwhites. Traces the termination of British school policy explicitly based on race. (RH)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Desegregation Plans, Educational Policy, Educational Problems
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1989
Presented is the final technical report on the evaluation of the 1988-89 supplementary education programs of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District funded under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. The following major findings are reported: (1) extracurricular transportation costs, which had been reduced by…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, High Risk Students, Peer Counseling
Bacza, Gerald L.; And Others – 1978
Two ninth-grade curriculum development projects were carried out over a three-year period (1975-78) in West Virginia at Point Pleasant Junior High School and at Wahama Junior/Senior High School. Known as Project Open, these projects resulted in the development and classroom testing of two new technology-based courses called "Career…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Communications, Curriculum Development, Failure
Hanisch, Ronald M.; And Others – 1978
An assessment team of three industrial arts educators was sent to Utah to evaluate the Industrial Arts Career Exploration (IACE) program. Since its inception in 1975, the program has been implemented in thirty-eight of the state's middle and junior high schools. The major objectives of IACE are to reorient and expand the curriculum of the…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Career Education, Career Exploration, Communications
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
The following were examined: (1) the Department of Transportation's (DOT) efforts to evaluate the Job Access and Reverse Commute (Job Access) program; (2) transportation and related services provided by Job Access; (3) whether the program fosters collaboration between grantees and others in the design, financing, and delivery of those services;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Agency Cooperation, Block Grants