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Janz, Kathleen F.; Thomas, David Q.; Ford, M. Allison; Williams, Skip M. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Evidence strongly supports a positive, causal effect of physical activity on bone strength and suggests long-term benefits of childhood physical activity to the prevention of osteoporosis. The contribution of healthy bone development in youth is likely to be as important to fracture prevention as the amount of late adulthood bone loss. Families,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Children, Adolescents, Evidence
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
Guidelines for designing a report card to measure community progress toward achieving the six National Education Goals are provided in this document. The purpose of a community report card is to evaluate how well a strategy was implemented and how well the strategy moved the community closer to its goals. The public report card also establishes a…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Planning, Community Role, Educational Assessment
Kay, H. L.; Tett, Lynn; Martin, Ian; Munn, Pamela; Ranson, Stewart; Martin, Jane – Interchange, 1998
This study examined the relationship between schools and community education in Scotland from September 1996 to April 1998, and provides a national overview and identifies examples of effective practice in collaboration and joint provision between schools and community education. The study was undertaken in two stages. The first stage provided a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Role, Educational Objectives
Bissell, Joan S. – 1979
Intended to assist administrators in the planning, management, and utilization of evaluation, this guidebook is designed as an introduction and supplement to other evaluation materials for bilingual education programs being developed under federal sponsorship, including evaluation models for Title VII projects. General information is provided on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Role, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Tricker, Ray; Davis, Lorraine G. – Techniques, 1987
Two Oregon school district drug and alcohol programs were evaluated based on seven criteria: (1) cost of implementation; (2) teacher inservice participation; (3) attitudes of teachers toward program implementation; (4) administrative support; (5) teacher compliance with the curriculum; (6) school district program evaluation; and (7) community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Alcohol Education, Community Role, Cost Effectiveness
Narr, Christine – 1977
The final report of a 3-year child abuse project (PFL-Panel for Family Living) cites progress in goal areas and includes papers presented at regional and local seminars. Provided are reports on the following topics: child abuse in non-white communities in Pierce County (Washington); PFL client characteristics and service provision; a parent…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Role
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Hoyt, Kenneth B. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1979
This paper presents the basic nature of the career education effort as currently viewed by USOE's Office of Career Education. The "career education treatment" is defined through role descriptions of several "actor" groups. Nine student outcomes are posited. Part of a theme issue on career education evaluation. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Career Education, Community Role
Steinberg, Lois S. – 1979
A longitudinal sociological study was conducted on the impact of the implementation of the Bilingual Education Act and the Aspira consent decree in New York City. The study sought to develop a theoretical framework for analyzing the participation of the Puerto Rican community ln the implementation of the bilingual education policies. The question…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Community Role, Court Litigation
Cunnion, Maryellen; And Others – 1980
The final of three volumes on Project PRISM, a program to help middle school teachers meet the needs of gifted and talented children in their classes without removing them from the mainstream, lists resources on the education of gifted and talented children. Materials are organized according to four basic types: books, periodicals, curriculum aids…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Community Role, Curriculum
Calcasieu Parish School System, Lake Charles, LA. – 1976
Described in the curriculum guide is the SPARK (Seeking Purposeful, Analytical, Realistic Knowledge) Program designed for gifted and talented students in grades 6-12 in Calcasieu Parish (Louisiana). In an introductory section, brief segments cover such program elements as background, philosophy, rationale, goals, teacher and student objectives,…
Descriptors: Activities, Bibliographies, Community Role, Conceptual Schemes
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1975
The St. John Valley Bilingual Education Project (Project VIBE) has undertaken the multidisciplinary French/English bilingual education of public school students in Madawaska, a Maine community near the Canadian border. The present report represents a complete description of this Title VII program, covering program development, staffing and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bilingual Education, Community Role, Curriculum