Rural America is experiencing an era of unprecedented demographic change, as rural communities of color are growing--an expansion that is necessary for keeping rural America thriving. But racial and class inequality divides many rural places, threatening rural students' education and rural communities' well-being, and the current pandemic is…

Violence directed against K-12 teachers is a serious problem that demands the immediate attention of researchers, providers of teacher pre-service and in-service training, school administrators, community leaders, and policymakers. Surprisingly, little research has been conducted on this growing problem despite the broad impact teacher…

Oregon's Legislature in 2011 affirmed a clear and ambitious goal for the State, known as the "40-40-20" goal, which states that by 2025 all adult Oregonians will hold a high school diploma or equivalent, 40% of them will have an associate's degree or a meaningful postsecondary certificate, and 40% will hold a bachelor's degree or…

In recent years, leaders of American cities have become progressively concerned about increasing the college-going and completion rate of their residents. Mayors and other community leaders in Memphis, Boston, Louisville, San Francisco and other cities have launched initiatives to increase college completion rates, mobilizing stakeholders from the…

Across the country, cities and regions have used community-wide partnerships to improve the educational attainment of their citizens. The most established of these partnerships have seen substantial education gains during their tenure. The community of Louisville, Kentucky has embarked on a similar effort to improve educational attainment. Nearly…

Angered by the poor press given his district and the nation's "feeble education system," the superintendent of Aurora (Colorado) Public Schools developed distinguished visitor tours to acquaint alleged critics with what the schools are offering. Visitors were impressed, and a mill increase passed shortly thereafter. (MLH)

Describes a volunteer Read Aloud Week program at a Milton (Massachusetts) elementary school. To help students strengthen their language development, the growth of their imagination, and their love of literature, 100 community leaders spent over 50 hours visiting the school and reading stories aloud to enthusiastic fourth grade listeners. (MLH)

Preparing every student to make knowledgeable career choices through academic rigor and work-based learning experiences requires a systematic, comprehensive and community-wide effort. Schools cannot truly prepare their students for productive and rewarding careers in an academic vacuum. Engaging business and community leaders, who may someday hire…

The purpose of this research was to study a school district in a small American city to understand who controls school curriculum in the local community. The research approach used was reputational analysis, a survey method whereby the reputed influence of leaders is measured rather than taken for granted. Also used was a technique developed by…

A number of items used in the Ohio Right to Read program or prepared by the program staff are collected in this document. One item describes the task definitions of state commission members, the state director, the state consultants, and the school district directors. The goals of the state training conference to prepare school district resource…

Project EXCEL improves Hispanic opportunities and achievement through six community-based models: Academia del Pueblo, Project Success; Project Second Chance, Parents as Partners, Family Reading Program, and Teacher Support Network. (SK)

Florida's priorities for career education were determined by a statewide survey of parents and community leaders. Career education needs identified by the respondents included (1) student needs (develop students' competencies in job responsibility, self-concept, self-knowledge, flexibility, and tolerance; emphasize students' basic academic skills;…

The community-based approach to sexual learning entails a philosophy of sexuality as a daily lifelong process. Community leaders and school health educators should view themselves as partners in the process of building coalitions which will exert positive influences. (JN)

The fall 1987 Chicago (Illinois) teachers' strike, documentation of the systems' problems, a movement to return local control, a history of organizing, the fall 1986 Education Summit, and skepticism about the board's ability to engineer change led to the school system's restructuring through the Chicago Public Schools Reform Act. (JB)

The 4-year Arizona State University Career Opportunities Project, designed to provide Arizona Indians with Bachelor's degrees so they could be employed as teachers in their home communities, graduated 34 teachers, 24 of whom were interviewed. Over half reported a period following their graduation in 1974 when they were closely watched by parents…