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Wolfson, Mark; Champion, Heather; Rogers, Todd; Neiberg, Rebecca H.; Barker, Dianne C.; Talton, Jennifer W.; Ip, Edward H.; D'Agostino, Ralph B., Jr.; Parries, Maria T.; Easterling, Doug – Evaluation Review, 2011
Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-free Communities (FTG) was a national initiative in which local Head Start (HS) agencies, in partnership with other community organizations, implemented a mix of evidence-based family-strengthening and community-strengthening strategies. The evaluation of FTG used a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Evidence, Quasiexperimental Design, Substance Abuse, Partnerships in Education
Pailwar, Veena K.; Mahajan, Vandana – International Education Journal, 2005
Education has been identified as one of the primary agents of transformation towards development. However, low level of literacy and education is one of the major challenges facing most of the underdeveloped countries. Active community involvement and participation has emerged as an effective mechanism in improving the sustainable level of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Foreign Countries, Community Study, Community Needs