Community language schools are grassroots initiatives set up by immigrant communities aiming to teach language and culture to children and descendants of migrants. During the COVID-19 pandemic, issues around ICT and equity sat at the heart of educational planning, ranging from student access to ICT to ensuring teachers' understanding of…

This article reports the effects of attending an elementary full-service community school (FSCS) on a variety of student academic outcomes in high school. The focal FSCS, Key Elementary, serves students in grades K-5 in a diverse southeastern New York State (NYS) school district. The academic performance of students, born between 1991 and 1996,…

Background/Context: The Adult School of La Verneda Sant Martí, located in Barcelona, Spain, is a reference at the international level because of its trajectory and its contributions to the transformative movement in democratic education. The school was created in 1978 to address the demands of the working-class residents of the La Verneda…

Why not set up a school in an apartment complex? After all, that is where children reside before and after they attend an actual school, and that is where they are during the summers when their actual school is closed. It is also where their parents are after work. And why not unite this school at an apartment complex with the school attended by…

This case study describes a 20-year journey of educational transformation from 1985 to 2005 in a bellwether, or highly developed, instance of one school, family, and community partnership--the Kileely Community Project--situated in a large social housing project in Limerick City in the Midwestern region of the Republic of Ireland. The study is a…

A short, functional dialogue about two Mexican-Americans and an adult community education program in Douglas, Arizona. In Spanish with an English translation. (Author/DN)

Describes community education explains why it is important, and what revisions should be made in the proposed National Adult Education Act. (Author/DN)

Discusses the evolution of the education system in Africa from the 1970s to the present. Looks at the link between schools and local institutions, the value that communities place on education, and the role of the community school regarding adults and out-of-school youth. (JOW)

Describes a community-based adult school designed to allow residents of the community an opportunity to develop their own interests. (DN)

The Community School Concepts demonstrates that public institutions can be: (1) compassionate without coddling; (2) charitable without condescending; and (3) responsive to human needs without robbing the recipient of self respect. Presented at meeting of I.A.P.P.W., Detroit, 1970. (Author)

School teachers can effectively aid adult education programs in developing nations if they, or a staff member, have some training in adult education. (AG)

The American-Nicaraguan School in Managua has placed a new emphasis on serving the community through recreational programs, adult education, community projects, work study programs within the community, and cultural presentations for the general public. (Author/DN)

This book is a compilation of 16 speeches given at a 1977 conference in Adelaide, Australia on the theme of community education. Topics covered include definitions and meanings of community education, the relationship between schools and the community, and the role of teachers in school-community relationships. The final chapters discuss community…

A brief look at the social settlement houses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the pioneers in community education. (Author/MLF)