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Grossman, Jean; Duchesneau, Nancy – MDRC, 2021
In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States. Every part of America has been affected while its existing inequities have been both highlighted and worsened. Millions of families lost income as parents, especially those of color and those employed in low-paying industries, lost their jobs. By May 2020, one in three children…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Community Problems
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Aguilar, Olivia M. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Interest in community environmental education (EE) and community education for sustainable development (ESD) is increasing, as evidenced by the increase in studies examining community EE/ESD approaches and NAAEE's current development of the Community EE Guidelines for Excellence. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to: (1) provide a review of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Environmental Education, Community Education, Sustainable Development
Goforth, Joan L. – 1976
The Rural Education Program (REP) is funded to develop a strategy--the Rural Futures Development (RFD) Strategy--that encourages local initiative and participation in educational change. The strategy was installed in the San Juan School District in southeastern Utah (Site "A") from August 1974 to June 1976 and represented the first…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Anglo Americans, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Holdsworth, Roger; Stafford, John; Stokes, Helen; Tyler, Debra – 2001
Student Action Teams (SATs) were established in 20 Victoria, Australia, secondary schools in 1999, with 11 of those schools continuing with their teams in 2000. The Student Action Teams are comprised of groups of students who identify a school or community issue, research it, make plans and proposals about it, and take action on it. Such…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Benefits