When the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards project began, there really was nowhere else to go but up. The project was up against great odds--a dearth of funding, a history of incivility amongst the disciplines within social studies, a knack for ending up in media battles over what should be taught in…

Provides guidelines for establishing an Adopt-a-School program, a cooperative venture between government agencies, businesses and schools, based on a program in San Diego. Summarizes benefits and program activities. (KH)

Steps for developing an effective school-business relationship include: meeting with the school principal; determining what kind of support is wanted; appointing a volunteer coordinator; understanding business operations; and setting up an evaluation process. Ideas for school-business partnerships include sponsoring an awards program, work…

These proceedings from a conference sponsored by the New England Consortium for the Right to Read discuss the role of administrators in Right to Read programs. Included are discussions of the New England Consortium effort, the role of the administrator in implementing and organizing the reading program, and reports from section meetings on…

Describes a collaborative effort to improve education between the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Education and the Kansas City schools. Analyzes the effort using an anthropological model of organizational culture, and focuses on conflicts of perspective. Concludes that smaller, one-on-one interactions may be more beneficial than…

This skills packet is part of the North Carolina Helping Education in Low-Performing Schools effort. This initiative helps educators establish ties with technical-assistance partners who can facilitate school-improvement efforts. The skills packet, which was designed to be delivered by a skilled trainer, focuses on partnerships in education. It…

This report examines issues relating to sector-wide approaches (SWA) to education. It focuses on SWA's relevance to poverty-reduction targets and their general mode of operation. Through this analysis, it seeks to assist those involved with educational development, including providers and recipients of technical and financial support. The document…

Beginning with an overview of problems springing from lack of coordination of federal, state, and local educational programs, this paper examines the current and proposed coordination of such programs across the nation and in New York State and New York City. It defines and makes a case for comprehensive school planning as a planning process…

The purpose of the report is: (1) to develop a conceptual model describing cooperative activities within the school setting; (2) to identify promising practices using cooperative activities to enhance the implementation of career education; and (3) to make recommendations regarding the incorporation of the conceptual model and cooperative…

Chief executives of corporations were surveyed to see why they participated in school-business collaborations. The survey focused on: (1) what type of corporation was likely to participate; (2) types of partnership; (4) benefits for education; (5) beliefs about corporate involvement; (6) education and corporate philanthropy; and (7) the impact of…

Describes an Adopt-a-School program, initiated by the White House, which encourages federal agencies to join in partnership with schools. Discusses ways in which private businesses also may enter into cooperation with public schools, and briefly describes career programs developed between District of Columbia schools and local businesses. (KH)

This paper examines the accomplishments of the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) district research partners. Informed by 2 years of collaborative experience, the report documents the process McREL used in selecting partner sites and guides future field-based research partnerships by discussing problems encountered and…

Describes how North Carolina educators cooperated to build a system of teacher-performance appraisal. To build the program, educators derived basic teaching functions from literature and observed teachers to gather performance data. Training is now provided to districts, and information about effective teaching is disseminated throughout the…

The article describes a pilot program of the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative in the Enfield borough of London which included a special school for delicate children (ages 5 to 16). Discussed are program components, technical vocational options, program implementation, the base room and extended program, program effects, and program…

This guide, intended to be used collaboratively, was designed for a broad-range of community groups. It is meant to encourage education leaders to use its material as a guide and as support throughout the continuous-improvement process for partnership planning, development, implementation, management, monitoring/evaluation, and long-term…