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Decker, Larry E.; Decker, Virginia A. – 1988
Today's schools are entering a second wave of reform in response to changing demographics, public demand for accountability, and societal changes expanding the traditional time frame for learning. To meet these challenges, schools need help through home and community involvement. This book offers seven strategies illustrated by success stories…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Relations
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Knox, Colin – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1996
The case study of a community relations program in Northern Ireland demonstrates the importance of contextual variables and illustrates that the demands of short-term, context-stripped, value-for-money evaluations are often in conflict with qualitative inquiries that can reveal the social, political, and cultural influences on program delivery.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Community Relations, Context Effect