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Discovering Diversity Downtown: Questioning Phoenix
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Talmage, Craig A.; Dombrowski, Rosemarie; Pstross, Mikulas; Peterson, C. Bjørn; Knopf, Richard C. – Metropolitan Universities, 2015
Applied community learning experiences for university students are promising endeavors in downtown urban environments. Past research is applied to help better comprehend a community engagement initiative conducted in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The initiative aimed to illuminate the socio-cultural diversity of the downtown area utilizing…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Story Telling, College Students, Experiential Learning
Community and Place in Mathematics Instruction in Selected Rural Schools
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Howley, Aimee; Clonch, Sandra; Howley, Craig; Perko, Heike; Klein, Robert; Foley, Greg; Belcher, Johnny; Pendarvis, Edwina; Howley, Marged; Miyafusa, Sumiko; Tusay, Mark; Jimerson, Lorna – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2010
The teaching of mathematics, which arguably is so abstract as to transcend place and community and even culture (according at least to a Platonic view of mathematics), will seem to some observers particularly ill-suited to instruction in place- or community- or culture-based approaches. Nevertheless, current thinking in mathematics education,…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Education, Rural Education
Bellevue Community College Community Impact Report, Fall 2002.
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Bellevue Community Coll., WA. – 2002
This document presents data pertaining to the impact of Bellevue Community College (BCC), Washington, on the surrounding community. The study examines both short- and long-term impacts of BCC on the larger community. Short-term impacts include the revenue and expenditures for which BCC is responsible, which for 2001-02 totaled $86,431,309. During…
Descriptors: Community, Community Colleges, Economic Impact, Economics of Education
The Socioeconomic Benefits Generated by 30 Community College Districts in Washington. Executive Summary [and] Volume 1: Main Report [and] Volume 2: Detailed Results.
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Christophersen, Kjell A.; Robison, M. Henry – 2003
This document contains an executive summary, main report, and detailed results that examine to what extent the thirty community and technical colleges in the district of Washington positively affect the economy of the state. The four areas of benefits are: (1) contributions to local jobs and incomes; (2) higher earnings captured by existing…
Descriptors: Community, Community Colleges, Economic Impact, Economics
Critical Needs, Critical Choices: A Survey on Children and Families in America's Cities. A Research Report of the National League of Cities.
Meyers, Judith; Kyle, John E. – 1996
Local governments are on the front line of responsibility for the welfare of children and families. Increased city efforts and collaboration on behalf of children and families were found by this survey of 780 cities conducted by the National League of Cities (NLC) during 1995. The survey found that nearly two out of three cities are involved in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Childhood Needs, Children, City Government
Rhode Island Public Schools 1992 Education Indicators: Education Outcomes, Community Context, Policies and Practices.
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Cooper, Karen A.; And Others – 1993
This report, fifth in an annual series, is designed to provide information about Rhode Island schools in the form of educational indicators. The report presents three types of indicators: (1) education outcomes, such as results of student testing and other measures of success; (2) community context, including demographic, enrollment, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community, Context Effect, Demography