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Iyengar, Radhika – Prospects, 2021
COVID-19 has put education in a challenging place. With millions of children out of school, education needs to reinvent itself. During the pandemic, communities have used this opportunity to support children's education in various ways, including the launching of new online classes. This article takes the social capital theoretical model as its…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Capital

Andy Garbacz; Tory L. Ash; Rachel T. Santiago – Grantee Submission, 2024
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is inherently relational, shaped by the interactions children have within their homes, schools, and communities. Grounded in ecological systems theory, this chapter explores how family-school-community partnerships can serve as a powerful mechanism for promoting SEL and fostering positive developmental outcomes.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Social Emotional Learning, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement
UNESCO Bangkok, 2021
This guidebook aspires to build a community where learning for sustainable development takes place everywhere for everyone as an ongoing practice. It introduces you to "Reflect-Share-Act," a process to discover and define sustainable development in your own contexts together with others in your community. The guide compiles resources…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Community Involvement
Poynton, John; Kirkland, Rena; Makela, Carole – School Community Journal, 2018
To increase capacity for public participation and improve problem-solving practices, some public school districts have launched stakeholder-training programs. This mixed methods study examined the impact of five school district parent training programs (four in Colorado and one in Illinois) designed to increase trust and engagement. Data were…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Public Schools, Trust (Psychology), School Community Programs
Torres, Irene; Simovska, Venka – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate concerning community participation in school-based health education and health promotion, with regard to food and nutrition. Design/methodology/approach: Based on empirical data generated over the course of one year of fieldwork in three rural communities and schools in Ecuador, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, School Health Services, Health Promotion
Public Agenda, 2014
Some researchers believe that collaboration between schools and community stakeholders--including families, educators, community organizations, and businesses--is the key to improving public education. However, broad and inclusive community-school partnerships are rare. Instead, we frequently hear about friction between communities and their…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
Making Connections was the Annie E. Casey Foundation's signature place-based, community-change initiative of the 2000s. It sought to build on previous work and launch an effort focused firmly on the framework of family strengthening. The Foundation started Making Connections in 22 places, focusing eventually on first 10, then seven sites. It…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Change Strategies, Program Development, Program Implementation
Nobles, Jenna; Frankenberg, Elizabeth – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2009
We use rich data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey to assess the relationship between mothers' access to social capital via participation in community activities and their children's health. We exploit the advantages of longitudinal data and community fixed effects to mitigate some of the concerns about spuriousness and reverse causality that…
Descriptors: Mothers, Community Involvement, Child Health, Foreign Countries
Holden, Barbara – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1985
Describes a school's attempt to increase local community involvement in all levels of school life through a "Community Week" format. Project goals and the daily events for the week are explained and program results are reviewed. Implications for future involvements are also discussed. (ML)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cultural Awareness, Environmental Education
Dobson, Judith E.; Dobson, Russell L. – 1981
The School Community Involvement System (SCIS) is presented as a model community program that encourages educators, parents and community members to work together to meet the needs of children and society. This model is intended as a comprehensive systematic program for community involvement and communication in the school experience, as well as a…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperation
Forde, Jan; Weinberger, Jo – 2001
This paper explores a community project to develop "storysacks" within an area of identified economic and social need. (Storysacks are books sent home for preschool children in England to share with their parents on a regular basis; each sack contains a fiction book, a nonfiction book linked to the story, and a wide variety of props…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Foreign Countries

Azarnoff, Roy – NASSP Bulletin, 1974
Article suggests a model for training members of school-community councils. (GB)
Descriptors: Citizens Councils, Community Involvement, Parent Participation, Problem Solving
Yates, Sonja L.; Campbell, Ruth – Leadership, 2003
Describes successful site-based parent/community involvement program at Central School District of San Bernardino County, California. (PKP)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Neighborhood Schools, Parent Participation
Kuersten, Joan – Our Children, 1998
Two PTAs sponsored events that capitalized on Halloween themes, engaged their communities in fall celebrations, and were safe, wholesome, and fun. With help from local volunteers, one school turned its gymnasium into a 19th-century British town with a fall/Halloween theme. Another PTA hosted a carnival, Spooktacular, that involved community…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Holidays
Scott, Thelma J. – 1973
The Developmental Career Guidance (DCG) project is a K-12 career guidance demonstration project operating at three high schools and 18 feeder schools in the Detroit Public School District. Directed from Wayne State University, DCG has centers at the high schools and each of the feeder schools. From the centers, students voluntarily can draw…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs