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Morrison, Deb – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
In this dialogue with Monica Ridgeway and Randy Yerrick's "Whose banner are we waving?: Exploring STEM partnerships for marginalized urban youth," I engage the critical race theory (CRT) tenet of interest convergence. I first expand Derrick Bell's (1980) initial statement of interest convergence with subsequent scholarly work in this…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, STEM Education, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning
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Green, Lucy Santos – Knowledge Quest, 2014
The school library profession has begun to develop a reputation for tech-savviness. Several school librarians are nationally recognized technology leaders and present at conferences where instructional technology is at the forefront. Unfortunately, while school librarians have done a wonderful job of marketing their technological expertise in the…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, School Libraries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1987
Pupil support services have been slow to gain attention in the educational reform movement of the 1980s. Accordingly, in this paper the New York State School Boards Association examines the policy issues surrounding pupil support services, their place in the educational system and the reform movement, and their potential to integrate and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Board of Education Role, Counseling Services, Educational Policy
Sawyer, Paul – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2009
Although a vibrant literature on the social justice advantages of writing service-learning programs has existed for many years, the focus has tended to be on specific projects and courses, often accompanied by an understandable suspicion that entrenched institutions like universities have interests inimical to radical social change. As a result,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Writing Across the Curriculum, Social Change, Research Universities
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Little, Michael – Children & Society, 1999
Examines definitions related to prevention and intervention for children to inform development of ideas in health, education, and social services contexts. Summarizes principles of effective prevention/early intervention. Presents examples of good practice, focusing on the High Scope model and a contemporary program in England that allows health,…
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Early Intervention, Integrated Services
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
This report provides an overview of existing research, issues, programs, and initiatives that relate to coordinated education, health, and human services, with an emphasis on implications for Texas and the implementation of the America 2000 National Education Goals initiative. It discusses the often fragmented and uncoordinated nature of current…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education
Rubin, Barbara – Aging and Work: A Journal on Age, Work and Retirement, 1978
Instead of increasing institutionalization of the elderly, the author suggests increasing life enhancing programs with preventive health care. She discusses various health and social services in New York City, including outreach projects, day care programs for the elderly, and the value of senior center-hospital cooperative services. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Community Health Services, Health Needs, Health Programs
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Compton, Donald; Baizerman, Michael – Children Today, 1991
Offers ideas for helping at-risk students that take into account the everyday life circumstances that inadequately prepare children for academic or social opportunities. Proposes programs that engage the community and school in collaborative efforts. Describes a model program, Communities in Schools, that serves students through business, agency,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Learning Problems
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Keith, Novella Z. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1998
Describes an externally funded program that enabled twelve urban elementary schools to expand community outreach by hiring community residents and a program coordinator who worked with service agencies and teachers to develop a wide variety of activities catering to students and neighborhood members. One school's program is profiled. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
Shanahan, James L.; And Others – 1983
This pamphlet focuses on the concept of information and referral (I&R) as a system and describes seven highly effective I&R systems that bring together people in need with the human service agencies that can help them. It is noted that when thinking in terms of I&R systems, attention must be directed to the overall quality of the structures and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Check Lists, Community Information Services, Information Networks
Collins, Margaret – 1982
A model for describing and assessing the effectiveness of student affairs programs is outlined in this paper as it was presented to the California Community College Student Affairs Association. First, the goals of student affairs programs (i.e., enrichment, involvement, and retention) and the impact of budget constraints on the achievement of…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Models
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Chow, Roger; Yuen, Francis K. O. – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Provides impressionistic reflection of how human service agencies in San Jose, California have helped refugee families from war-torn Cambodia and Bosnia. Summarizes some of the lessons learned from working with refugee families. Notes that the experiences have influenced the capacity- building, empowering, and mentoring aspects of a new…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Cooperation, Emotional Adjustment, Family (Sociological Unit)
Cassell, Marianne K. – 1985
This review of the current status of combined school-public (community) libraries in Vermont acknowledges that, while on the surface the concept appears to be just the answer for many communities with limited funds and other resources, it also raises many questions about the nature of library service to a community. The paper provides: (1) a brief…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Satisfaction, Community Services, Library Cooperation
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Breivik, Patricia Senn – Change, 1987
The role of libraries in the search for quality education was addressed in the Carnegie Foundation's report, "College," and at the first higher education conference on academic libraries. Information literacy and policy, campus organizational issues, and programs in economic development support, active learning, and faculty development…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conferences, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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Nybell, Lynn – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2001
Maintains that reform in children's services is linked to changes in conceptions of the nature of childhood and children's needs. Highlights demonstration project of "wraparound" services for early adolescents to suggest that these emerging programs may embed notions of children as complex systems, ideas that differ significantly from accounts of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children
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