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Peer reviewedNance, Everette E. – Community Education Journal, 1996
Describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of 15 community education centers in St. Louis, Missouri. Includes information about the evaluation approach and design, data management, policy changes, outcome expectations, findings and conclusions, and training needs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Education, Models, Program Development
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1980
An examination of several school systems across the country offering community education programs provided information for this report on successful management techniques and unique program ideas, featuring tips from experts and a number of "how-to" suggestions. Drawing particularly on the experiences of administrators with programs in Flint,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Centers, Community Cooperation
PDF pending restorationNational Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan, Tokyo. – 1992
This publication summarizes reports from a workshop to share the experience of UNESCO's literacy program and to learn about other effective experiences in literacy available in the region. The opening of the workshop and election of officers is reported. Summaries of the following reports are given: (1) the role of learning centers to achieve…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Centers, Community Education
Download full textUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1994
This publication contains materials from a workshop organized to help its participants understand and apply the concept of learning centers. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 consists of two presentations: "Literacy and Continuing Education for Improvement of Quality of Life in Asia and the Pacific" and an explanation of the World…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Centers, Community Education
Arnold, Rick; And Others – 1985
Written from the perspective of the Central American experience of education for fundamental social change, this booklet provides ideas and guidelines for developing popular education, a learning process based on the concept that education can serve the interests of the poor and that the people themselves can define the content and context of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Community Centers, Community Education
Ringers, Joseph, Jr.; Decker, Larry E. – 1995
This publication brings together ideas, techniques, and designs that have been encountered by designers of school community centers. It is intended as a guide to creating a school community center that will meet the needs of a particular community and help make it a more vibrant, healthy, desirable place in which to live. Part I (encompassing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Community Centers, Community Coordination
Walker, Karen E.; Arbreton, Amy J. A. – 2001
The Beacons Initiative aimed to transform eight public schools (five middle schools and three high schools) into youth and family centers in low-income neighborhoods in San Francisco, California. Using a coalition of local partners and funding from public agencies and foundations, the centers served 7,500 youth and adults between July 1, 1999, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, After School Centers, After School Programs, Black Students
