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National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. Resource Center on Sex Roles in Education. – 1977
The materials included in this booklet are designed for use by participants in Application Sessions A and B for Community Groups working with elementary-secondary schools. These materials are initial drafts prepared for field testing only. They are not the final products to be delivered at the completion of the project. The materials are organized…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Resources, Community Role, Elementary Secondary Education
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Darling-Hammond, Linda – American Journal of Education, 1994
Argues that content standards that are aligned with tests are the wrong starting point for systemic school change aimed at improving teaching and learning and that national standards are the wrong vehicle. Policies should attempt to create a system in which community involvement, teacher knowledge, and equalized school capacity are starting points…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Community Responsibility, Community Role
Muth, John W.; Senesh, Lawrence – 1977
This guide is designed to aid social studies classroom teachers develop and implement programs using the community as a social sciences laboratory. The document describes how to prepare a social profile of the community. Based upon the Colorado System-Based Social Science Project which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Role, Community Study