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Rawling, Eleanor – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1981
The role of environmental education in helping to understand and solve urban problems is examined. Local issue-centered curriculum and issue-based curriculum are cited as two possible strategies. Examples of each are given. (DC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Download full textCouncil of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC. – 1992
This publication highlights the current activities of participants in the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) in their support of national urban education goals. In the fall of 1990, the National Urban Education Task Force, which was appointed by the CGCS, presented sample strategies for achieving the national urban education goals to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Conferences, Educational Objectives
Blaser, John, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This document provides a compilation of information presented at the "Cause for Applause" conference sponsored by the Urban Education Network of the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) and the Chicago (Illinois) public schools. The first section, "Strategies for Urban School Improvement," describes programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Conferences, Educational Change
Harwood Group, Bethesda, MD. – 1998
The Pew Partnership works with local and national partners to design and implement new solutions to social problems, analyze local leadership for action, and research and disseminate cutting edge strategies for urban improvement. Interviews were conducted with 65 people in 9 communities participating in the Pew Partnership to examine their ways of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination, Interviews
Peck, Magda G., Ed.; And Others – 1994
Urban maternal and child health (MCH) leaders from city and county health departments nationwide came together at this conference for professional development and networking. Selected plenary presentations included in these "highlights" are: (1) "Urban Children in Need: Responsible and Responsive Leadership" (Margaret A.…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Child Health, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, DC. – 1986
With this handbook, crime prevention practitioners have a guideline by which they can structure viable crime prevention programs for their communities. Every aspect of developing, organizing, and implementing strategies for urban community participation in crime prevention is covered. The handbook makes a compelling case for using local resources…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Community Programs, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1986
New Jersey's Public School Education Act of 1975 requires local school districts to provide students with "thorough and efficient" educational opportunity. This report describes State initiatives carried out as of April 1986 to help urban districts comply with the act's mandate in the face of the particularly complex and concentrated…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1987
This report describes New Jersey's continuing efforts to help urban school districts comply with the state's Public School Education Act of 1975 in view of the particularly complex problems which the urban districts face in complying with the act's mandate requiring all districts to provide their students with a "thorough and efficient"…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation
National Association of State Coordinators of Compensatory Education, Middletown, CT. – 1991
This compilation presents narratives describing Chapter 1 program improvement and innovation efforts across the nation at state and local levels. The survey responses summarized in this report were submitted by State Coordinators of Compensatory Education. Responses were received from 48 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. – 1992
This collection describes over 340 projects in which the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) has played a role in the past two years. The CURA offers a program of research and outreach on urban problems, which brings the resources of the university to bear on the problems of urban communities.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Family Resource Coalition, Chicago, IL. – 1991
This overview examines underlying precepts and components of family support programs. The role of the family in a child's resistance to alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse is discussed. Comprehensive prevention programs encompassing the family, school, and community have shown more promise in helping children avoid AOD abuse than programs that rely…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Asian Americans
