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Download full textHyman, Carl S., Ed. – 1992
Guidelines and ideas for creating successful school/community projects are provided in this handbook. Organized like a cookbook, the book contains 43 chapters by individual contributors who take a community-based approach to education, in which the schools are the pivotal institutions of a community. The first section outlines the roles, or…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services
Lee, Helen C. – 1983
In view of the national attention that has recently been brought to public school improvement, a list of suggestions is presented in the form of leading questions to guide communities in assessing the quality of their local schools and in promoting beneficial change. The evaluative questions touch on a wide range of issues: school financing…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Role, Community Support
Bennett, Robert L.; Gale, Nancy – 1989
This handbook describes the roles that parents, tribal governments, law enforcement personnel, courts, schools, and health care and social service providers play in alcohol and substance abuse intervention and prevention in Indian communities. It explains the legal responsibilities each group has and actions community members should expect the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, American Indians
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This brochure provides several tips for families and for community members to help them encourage student achievement and success. The tips are grouped into three categories: (1) "Help our children read well and independently by the end of third grade"; (2) "Help our children learn to meet high math and science standards and take challenging math…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, College Preparation, Community Involvement
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This Spanish-language brochure provides several tips for families and for community members to help them encourage student achievement and success. The tips are grouped into three categories: (1) "Help our children read well and independently by the end of third grade"; (2) "Help our children learn to meet high math and science standards and take…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, College Preparation, Community Involvement
Children's Aid Society, New York, NY. – 2001
Community schools bring the full range of educational enrichment, health, and social services that all families need under the roof of the public school. For service providers and schools alike, it can be an effective and relatively inexpensive way to serve the community's families and children. This brochure has been developed for concerned and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Schools
Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA. – 1995
Family support programs have been attracting increased attention, and are at the center of efforts to build systems of integrated, comprehensive, and preventive family-focused services. This handbook, developed by the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), profiles 73 school-affiliated family support and education programs in the United States to…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Child Rearing, Community Support, Early Childhood Education
