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Martin, Joseph; Guy, Elmer – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2023
For many American Indian citizens, especially those in rural reservation communities, a number of circumstances diminish the standard of living and the prospects for cultivating Native ways of knowing for a better future. One possible pathway to ensure that future is through a partnership between tribes, universities, and tribal colleges and…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Education, Tribal Sovereignty, American Indian Students
Blanco, Megan – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2019
Schools seeking to develop students' social, emotional, and academic skills should consider service learning as one way to help students apply those skills. As of the 2017-18 school year, 37 states and the District of Columbia required or encouraged school districts to offer community service education and service-learning programs. This NASBE…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, State Boards of Education, Board of Education Role
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Camacho, Danielle J.; Legare, Jill M. – Journal of Instructional Research, 2018
The purpose of this article is to contribute to the growing body of research that focuses on best practices for environmental sustainability education in K-12 classrooms. A review of related literature included emerging trends, commitment by business leaders to engage in CSR activities in the community, and opportunities for education at the K-12…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Business Administration Education, Best Practices, Environmental Education
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Shumer, Robert – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Discusses research-based guidelines for designing effective service-learning programs. Success requires establishing clear goals, projecting desired outcomes, involving staff who support experiential learning, engaging administrators who support flexibility and staff development, involving community partners in planning, incorporating evaluation…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Riley, Richard W.; Wofford, Harris – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
In reaffirming "The Declaration of Principles" from a 1995 meeting, the Corporation for National Service and the U.S. Department of Education have pledged their commitment to service as a means of improving schools, enhancing student achievement, and meeting citizenship challenges. Programs exemplifying six service-learning principles…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Hengel, Madeleine S.; Shumer, Robert – 1998
This annotated reference list is organized for a quick review of citizen participation information sources. Resources and readings are intended to be a starting point for researchers, practitioners, and others who are looking for information about citizen participation. The document includes the following sections: (1) "General Links to Citizen…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics
Anderson, Virginia; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Educators in Springfield, Massachusetts, see connections between the current school reform agenda and their own program of Community Service Learning. Staff see the program as a way to increase student learning, enrich the curriculum, and foster the spirit of caring and lifetime service. (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
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Sanders, Mavis G. – Education and Urban Society, 2003
Reviews the current theoretical and empirical literature on community involvement in schools, describing different rationales for community involvement. Discusses four major forms of school-community partnerships (business, university, service learning, and school-linked service integration) and factors influencing their implementation and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 2000
Young people today get mixed moral messages at every turn that erode the souls of young people and of society. To examine the issues involved and to make recommendations on how to end the trend of declining citizenship, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) service-learning initiative, the Compact for Learning and Citizenship created the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Clifton, Linda; Mauney, Tammy; Falkner, Rebekah – 1998
This guidebook focuses on the addition of environmental service learning in elementary, middle, or high school. Sections 1 and 2 describe an administrator's view of the success of service learning in her middle school and a student's opinion of her encounters with Mississippi's natural resources. Section 3 provides a rationale for environmental…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conservation (Environment), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Otten, Evelyn Holt – 2000
Interest in character education is reemerging in light of apparent increases in disaffected students, school violence, voter apathy, declining test scores, and disinterest in community involvement. Character education integrated into the school community is a strategy to help re-engage students, deal with conflict, keep students on task in the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Culture Conflict
Potter, Calvin; Grinde, Jane; Landsverk, Ruth Anne – 2000
The Families in Education Program, dedicated to nurturing a family-community-school partnership, provides this book for Wisconsin schools to use throughout the year to promote families and learning. The articles in this book contain ideas for developing and enhancing volunteer programs in the schools and for developing effective service learning…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, Family School Relationship
Hoffman, John – Momentum, 1997
Offers educators and students an integrated model for participation in community service. The model focuses students on community service for an entire semester, during which they gain valuable interpersonal interaction and work experience, and wages for both personal and class time. (YKH)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Community Involvement, Community Services, Curriculum Development
Parsons, Cynthia – 1996
This book espouses service learning as an important and integral part of school for students. It stresses the positive benefits to be gained from service learning, as well as the good the activities do for the community. It notes that service learning should be used to promote a sense of civic responsibility and pride in students. It also promotes…
Descriptors: Career Education, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Educational Needs
Galati, Rhea; Bailey, Bea – 2001
Since 1992, through the Upcountry Writing Project, upstate South Carolina teachers have helped students in K-12 classrooms write for and about their communities. These teachers and students have learned much about what it takes to actually craft a genuine sense of place. By publishing, they have not only crafted pieces about their locales but have…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Community Involvement, Community Support, Cultural Context
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