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Siaca Curry, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Policymakers are increasingly turning to expanded learning time (ELT) as a strategy for improving student achievement. This trend is impacting community-based organizations' (CBOs) work in schools, pushing them to focus more on academics and engage with schools in new ways. Most notably, grantees of the federal 21st Century Community Learning…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Leaders, Leadership Role, After School Programs
Ivins, Tiffany Zenith – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation examines localization of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Himalayan community technology centers of Nepal. Specifically, I examine strategies and practices that local knowledge-workers utilize in order to localize educational content for the disparate needs, interests, and ability-levels of learners in rural villages. This…
Descriptors: Rural Population, Indigenous Knowledge, Focus Groups, Ethnography