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Shannon, Judy; Wang, Tiffany R. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
Administrators are continually seeking university-community engagement. Continuing education departments are in a unique position to further these initiatives by connecting academic faculty, staff, and students with emerging community needs. This article provides a model to demonstrate the significant role continuing educators can play in…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Continuing Education, School Community Relationship, Models
St. John, Mark; Stokes, Laura – Inverness Research, 2008
This paper defines the concept of "improvement infrastructure" and "educational capital" for education, and it uses the case of the National Writing Project to develop an extended, data-based illustration of the design and generativeness of an improvement infrastructure. Since 1983 there have been multiple "waves" of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Educational Research, Academic Achievement
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2006
The "2005 Annual Report on Our Call to Action: Pursuit of Excellence" details the school system's significant progress toward meeting the identified milestones within each of the system's four strategic goal areas. The overall trend data continue to provide strong evidence of the effectiveness of our strategies and initiatives detailed…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Work Environment, Educational Change