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Geller, Joanna D.; Zuckerman, Natalie; Seidel, Adam – Education and Urban Society, 2016
Service-learning has the potential to create mutually beneficial relationships between schools and communities, but little research explores service-learning from the community's perspective. The purpose of this study was to (a) understand how community-based organizations (CBOs) benefited from partnering with students and (b) examine whether…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Community Development, Community Benefits, Partnerships in Education
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. – 1999
Every community has areas--public parks, schoolyards, sidewalks--that are neglected, vandalized, or just plain run down. Young people can help clean up those places by getting involved in a community cleanup project. As explained in this bulletin, a community cleanup is a project in which volunteers of all ages work together to spruce up a chosen…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Service Learning, Social Action
Boethel, Martha – 1999
The future of rural schools is inextricably linked to the future of their surrounding communities, and service learning is a powerful tool for capitalizing on those links. Service learning makes students active participants in service projects that respond to community needs while furthering the academic goals of students. Service learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools
Cousins, Emily – Zip Lines: The Voice for Adventure Education, 1998
Discusses the benefits for students and communities of service-learning experiences. Briefly describes student efforts to formulate and solve community problems as part of the Expeditionary Learning project (Massachusetts), which calls on adults and students to embark on experiential learning "expeditions" to renew themselves as…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Experience
Mezzacappa, Dale – American School Board Journal, 2001
University of Pennsylvania professor Lee Benton saw fire-ravaged city blocks in Philadelphia as an opportunity to involve the university in remaking K-12 education. Penn successfully initiated various community-outreach programs, focusing on building a community school and encouraging cooperation between college students and neighborhoods. (MLH)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Karnes, Frances A.; Bean, Suzanne M.; Wallner, Rosemary, Ed. – 1993
This book offers 20 contemporary biographies of young women across the United States who are making a difference in their schools and communities through community service. Examples of community action include feeding the hungry, recycling, saving the bluebirds, and promoting literacy. The girls and young women emerge as leaders in an area of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Development
Henness, Steven A. – 2001
Community development-oriented service learning (CDOSL) is an approach to service learning that integrates service with the school curriculum and the local community development agenda. This study examined the positive impacts that CDOSL has on rural students and communities. Surveys and case study research were conducted with 145 students,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Educational Cooperation, Educational Strategies
Benefits2, 1999
This is the first of a series of issue papers that discuss ways in which rural communities and schools can work together to guarantee their students the best education possible. By working together, rural schools and communities can not only improve education, but revitalize the entire community. The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory is…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship, Partnerships in Education
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1999
A significant theme in the literature on rural education is the extreme interdependence between rural schools and rural communities. Belief in this interdependence has led to a number of initiatives focused on strengthening both student learning and the local community's economic and social resources. Most of these initiatives involve some degree…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Cooperation
Boethel, Martha – 2000
Available in English or Spanish, this resource guide aims to help rural schools and communities learn ways of supporting each other so that both can thrive. Background information and basic tools are provided for starting a joint school-community development effort. Chapters contain: (1) outline of the guide and statement of beliefs about…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Community Schools, Cooperative Programs
Sherman, Lee – Northwest Education, 1998
Two White Pass School District (Washington) programs increase community cohesiveness despite troubled economic times: (1) the school district offers adult education, utilizes community talent, and hosts community recreation events; and (2) the Forest Service, school district, and community college developed a summer job program for secondary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education