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Szolowicz, Michael – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
In the fall of 2013, a parents' group formed to protest the new Common Core based mathematics textbook recently adopted by their school district. Quickly allying with teachers, the new coalition began to, "hammer," the district to drop the Common Core and return to more traditional texts and pedagogies. They did so by speaking at…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Resistance to Change, Politics of Education, Local Issues
Ferrie, Gina M.; Bettinger, Tammie L.; Kuhar, Christopher W.; Lehnhardt, Kathy; Apell, Peter; Kasoma, Panta – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
Although there are many conservation education projects working in Uganda, there is currently little evaluation of educational initiatives in the communities. A survey was developed to better understand the environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of people in 2 districts of Uganda. The main environmental problem listed by the respondents…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conflict, Wildlife, Environmental Education

Kochheiser, Charles – Social Education, 1975
Community reaction to an address by a speaker for Gay Liberation at Schroeder High School, Webster, New York is described. (DE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Community Action, Community Attitudes

Fiedler, Fred E.; And Others – Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1971
A survey in an unincorporatedurban area compared the major community problems of concern to two groups: (a) randomly selected citizens, and (b) recognized community leaders. The results showed a large divergence of concerns as well as a striking number of citizens who felt themselves to be without spokesmen. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Citizen Participation, City Government, Community Action
Linton, David – Parks and Recreation, 1977
This article relates the history of a successful campaign waged by concerned citizens in a community against the local planning commission to preserve an endangered portion of woodland. (JD)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Planning
Philbin, Meg; Phillips, Rebecca – 1988
This case study concerns the forming of a Marietta, Ohio unity committee, entitled Citizens for Social and Racial Justice, in response to the local Ku Klux Klan's (KKK) request for a parade permit in order to demonstrate against blacks in this city. Marietta, the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, has a population composed of both white and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community, Community Action

Massie, Michael – OAH Magazine of History, 1988
Identifies the importance of studying those western frontier communities which survived several boom bust cycles. Describes several South Pass Wyoming mining towns and urges that studies such as these be used by teachers to investigate the dynamic forces which shaped their towns and cities. (KO)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1983
Following a brief introduction, chapter 1 of this study seeks to establish a framework for building stronger links between school and the workplace by calling attention to the need for (1) an ongoing analysis of the local economy in the context of the regional, national, and global economy; (2) a standing representative community consultation,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Problems
Webb, Chris – Journal of Outdoor Education, 1982
Discusses the history of Notting Dale (an overcrowded, working class area), housing redevelopment there, facilities/program of the Notting Dale Urban Study Centre (West London), study of processes (urban planning juxtaposed with reality), people's problems in a changing urban environment, and examples of local studies leading to action on issues…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Disadvantaged Environment