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Simmons, Wilber – G/C/T, 1978
The article discusses the implementation of services to gifted and talented (G/T) public School students in Ohio including a schedule for establishing the program, definition of G/T, use of pre-existing resources in the schools, establishment of 10 task force groups, and community support. (PHR)
Descriptors: Community Support, Definitions, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1988
This publication offers descriptions of partnerships that businesses have formed with local schools to provide funds, support, and guidance to South Carolina's elementary and secondary school system. Twenty-one such partnerships are highlighted. The participation of the South Carolina Bar/South Carolina Bar Foundation in school projects under the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Support, Corporate Support, Educational Finance
Amstutz, Donna; And Others – 1992
The potential of community education for building partnerships that help schools become the active agents for addressing social change is discussed in the five papers that make up this report. The first paper, by Donna Amstutz, presents an overview of the purposes and models of community education. Next, a paper by Monica Beglau discusses forms of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Cooperation, Community Education, Community Schools
King, Jean A.; Bosma, John – 1991
The Office of Educational Leadership (OEL) of the Minnesota State Department of Education initiated a project to develop and examine the effects of processes designed to transform schools into structures that assure that all students learn. In September 1989, 10 Research and Development (R&D) project sites received grants from the OEL. The…
Descriptors: Community Support, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1988
This book contains the results of the 1987 statewide survey on public involvement in South Carolina's education system. It is designed to serve as a resource directory and provides information that interested persons can use to expand partnerships between schools and the public that they serve. Survey results are catalogued in this directory…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Support, Corporate Support, Educational Finance
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1993
New technology can help schools and communities create high-performance learning environments where all students reach high standards. To be effective, technology must be used as an integral part of the school's learning environment, rather than as an isolated laboratory practice or for mindless drill. Six examples are given of the effective use…
Descriptors: Community Support, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Pliska, Ann-Maureen – 1994
Among the recent changes to existing Pennsylvania state education regulations was the change from Carnegie units, or time spent in the classroom, as a requirement for graduation to mastery of student learning outcomes as a requirement for graduation. Once the changes became law, school districts became responsible for designing outcomes that fit…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Support, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Ertle, Vicki, Comp. – 1992
Descriptions of 80 programs of drug prevention and intervention efforts in 9 states and Pacific territories are grouped into categories. The states and territories are: American Samoa, Alaska, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Republic of Palau, Washington, and Wyoming. Each section contains an…
Descriptors: Awards, Community Support, County Programs, Curriculum Development
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1990
The concept of the school as community encompasses two distinct relationships: the school/extended community and the internal school community. As social needs and conditions change, so does the school role in the community. Topics covered in this book include benefits of collaboration between the external community and the school, the creation of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement