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Clinchy, Evans – Equity and Choice, 1986
Parents from Buffalo, New York, talk about desegregation, magnet schools and parent choice over the past ten years. (GC)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Davies, Don; And Others – Equity and Choice, 1992
Schools participating in the League of Schools Reaching Out, a national reform project, offer multiple examples of practices to increase family and community involvement. These numerous efforts exist without benefit of a clear, comprehensive, and supportive policy. Developing such a system must be a national priority. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Burch, Patricia – Equity and Choice, 1993
Describes the Parent-Teacher Action Research Project, a multisite collaborative action research project involving eight schools that are part of the national reform network, the League of Schools Reaching Out. In project schools, teams of parents, teachers, and, in some cases, principals and students collaborate on family-school-community…
Descriptors: Action Research, Agenda Setting, Community Involvement, Decision Making
Zerchykov, Ross – Equity and Choice, 1992
Explores the idea of school-community councils as a way of establishing a social compact between schools and the community. Specific suggestions are given for establishing councils and keeping them functioning smoothly. Literature and community resources that can help are suggested and listed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning, Educational Change
Palanki, Ameetha – Equity and Choice, 1991
After previous reform attempts failed, the radical restructuring of the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools in 1988 has brought empowered principals, councils for shared power, and increased minority involvement in school governance. However, many participants cite various problems. Never the less, the reform effort has brought the Chicago community…
Descriptors: Citizens Councils, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Sexton, Robert F. – Equity and Choice, 1993
Presents observations and lessons drawn from two years of Kentucky school reform. Implementing the Kentucky School Reform Act of 1990 teaches that reforming schools also requires addressing the ways in which communities raise their children. Community work, with parent and student participation, improves family conditions and political decision…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Democracy
Thompson, Scott – Equity and Choice, 1993
Describes the School-Community Connection Conference held in Flint (Michigan) on October 11-13, 1992, and the action plans that seven participating schools devised to improve the relationship between schools and their communities. The conference paired representatives from the state departments of education with school-based action teams to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Education, Community Involvement, Conferences
Equity and Choice, 1993
Presents profiles of the Parent-Teacher Action Research projects of seven schools in the national reform network, the League of Schools Reaching Out, and one in Spain. Each school is carrying out a family and community involvement project, and each has an action research team to collect information on program effects. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Community Involvement, Educational Research
Davies, Don – Equity and Choice, 1993
Describes a cross-national action research project involving 8 schools in the United States and 11 schools in 5 other countries studying family-community-school partnerships and the policies or political contexts that shape, and are shaped by, them. Early results suggest the usefulness of action research in emerging dialog. (SLD)
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Involvement, Context Effect, Cross Cultural Studies
Shipley, Diana G.; Thompson, Scott – Equity and Choice, 1992
This description of the School Development Program of J. Comer at Valencia Park Center for Academics, Drama, and Dance in San Diego (California) is accompanied by an interview with E. Joyner. The approach focuses on nurturing students, parents, and teachers, rather than on weaknesses or deficits. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Communication Skills, Community Involvement, Dance
Heleen, Owen – Equity and Choice, 1992
Describes the New American Schools effort of the New American Schools Development Corporation, a private corporation underwriting development of new educational institutions and the dissemination of innovative ideas. A random sampling of ideas from competing design teams highlights nine program proposals. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends
Johnson, Etta Green – Equity and Choice, 1992
Daniel Webster Accelerated School in San Francisco (California) is one of two schools adopting the process of school change developed by H. M. Levin. An interview with Levin explains his philosophy of accelerated schools characterized by (1) unity of purpose; (2) school site responsibility; and (3) building on strengths. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Community Involvement, Educational Change
Thompson, Scott – Equity and Choice, 1993
The Valley School, Flint (Michigan), an ethnically and economically diverse private school, involves parents and the community to a remarkable degree, in establishing policies and in hands-on practice in the classroom. The principal's leadership is a major factor in sustaining the involvement planned for since the school's founding. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education