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Ben Bryant; Simon Day – UK Department for Education, 2023
This research was commissioned as part of Inclusive Britain, the government response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED). The research sought to answer three main questions: (1) Where schools and trusts have closed attainment gaps between pupils from different ethnic groups, has this been the result of a deliberate strategy…
Descriptors: School Role, Achievement Gap, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Houston Independent School District, 2021
This report describes the Achieve 180 Program in Year 3, the last of the three years initially planned for this comprehensive program. The 54 participating schools received Texas Education Agency campus accountability ratings of "Improvement Required" (IR), "Not Rated," or "Former Improvement Required". The 2019-2020…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Improvement, Accountability
Kretovics, Joseph; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Project SHAPE is a two-year intervention and enrichment program for underachieving and educationally disadvantaged ninth and tenth graders at Scott High School, in Toledo, Ohio. Student problems are addressed through a systematic program of structural reorganization, teacher empowerment, curriculum development, and the involvement of students,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
Strickler, John W. – 1974
The desegregation process has pinpointed areas of curriculum reform that are needed to help establish quality integrated educational experiences. A racial and ethnic mix is only a beginning. Institutional procedures have become established in schools which may prohibit the realization of the goal of integrated education. School systems should…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Curriculum
Fall River Public Schools, MA. – 1972
Project Process, funded through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VIII, is an integrated model within the existing school system concentrating on reducing the number of dropouts via an institutional change strategy. The basic goal of the project is to develop a flexible atmosphere where learning can take place. Within this goal is…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics
Dean, Laurel, Comp.; Wallace, Judy, Comp. – 1995
This manual, designed for individuals, agencies, and organizations interested in preventing and intervening in youth violence, is a guide to guides, a map of resources on prevention and intervention. Development of the manual was guided by a number of prevention principles, chiefly, the belief that collaboration is essential for effective youth…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Cooperation
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1974
At a seminar on Compensatory Early Childhood Education held in Jerusalem in the fall of 1972 the idea of compensatory education and its viability in cross cultural terms was examined in conjunction with a critical review of the whole notion of social and cultural disadvantage. Twenty-two participants from international governmental organizations…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development
Swick, Kevin J. – 1991
The Teacher-Parent Partnership for the Enhancement of School Success Project was a cooperative project involving the University of South Carolina and the Salkehatchie Consortium (a collection of 18 rural school districts). Its goal was to increase the language, mathematics, social responsibility, and expressive skills of young at-risk children…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Swick, Kevin J. – 1990
A partnership between the College of Education of the University of South Carolina, the Salkehatchie Consortium of schools, International Business Machines, and families and schools in Allendale, South Carolina, and Estill, Denmark was formed in an effort to implement a project designed to enhance the school success of at-risk elementary school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Computer Uses in Education