NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – Online Submission, 2007
The concept of Self-managing schools involving local community members, teachers and parents with the formation of School Management Committee is gaining ground in Nepal after the world conference on education for all (WCEFA) held in Jomtien, Thailand in the year 1990. Transferring the management of public schools in the hand of willing community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, School Buildings, Natural Resources
Meister, Gail R. – 1991
Assessment was studied in two accelerated schools, the Daniel Webster Elementary School in San Francisco (California) and the Fairbanks Elementary School in Springfield (Missouri) from October 1990 to March 1991. The accelerated schools movement for disadvantaged children began in the mid-1980s when researchers at Stanford University (California)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Dixon, Marion W. – 2000
A case study of an economically distressed rural Kentucky school district examined the theory that educational policy can enable community participation and that participation can enable policy implementation by affecting school governance and expanding the services provided. Primary data were gathered via interviews with four parent participants,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change