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Bolick, Nancy O'Keefe – American School Board Journal, 1996
A Massachusetts school board member's travels with Global Volunteers have provided an opportunity to see how people of different cultures live and work. Global Volunteers is a nonprofit organization that sends small groups of volunteers to developing countries or to underprivileged areas in Mississippi and Texas to help local people with work…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Poverty Areas
McDonald, Jane; And Others – American School Board Journal, 1996
Since the early 1980s, the drive for educational equity has fueled school high-tech purchases. A common theme emerges: schools need money to buy up-to-date equipment and software and to pay for teacher training and technical support. Careful planning can ensure that educational technology is implemented in high-payoff areas, such as serving…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communications Satellites, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Hardy, Lawrence – American School Board Journal, 1998
The School of Hope (Pointe Coupee Parish Schools, Louisiana) opened in January 1996 in response to industry's needs for nonprofessional employees. Curriculum is provided by an integrated learning system--35 computers linked to mainframe--that allows students to work on individualized lessons at their own pace. Seventy percent of 120 students are…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, County School Districts
Natale, Jo Anna – American School Board Journal, 1992
Cites statistics (illustrated in charts) that show overwhelming evidence that the status of children in the United States is threatened by social and economic forces including a changing family structure. Child advocacy groups recommend school-based services to help minimize adverse situations for children. (MLF)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children
Howe, Harold II – American School Board Journal, 2000
Critiquing Nina and Sol Horowitz's article advocating high-stakes tests, the author deplores deleterious effects of too-rigorous standards on poor students and recent immigrants. Without large-scale initiatives to affect their lives out of school, urban youngsters' prospects are dim. A National Research Council report offers testing guidelines.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life
Dryfoos, Joy G. – American School Board Journal, 1994
Describes two middle schools (IS 218 in New York City and Hanshaw School in Modesto, California) that stand out as models of how to put together innovative schooling plus help children and their families by providing health and social services on site. Both schools are located in poverty neighborhoods and enroll mostly students from disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Health Services, Community Involvement, Community Schools
