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Download full textKalamazoo Public Schools, MI. – 1969
This document evaluates the first three years of a preschool project in Kalamazoo School District which was funded by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The program aims to maximize the potential of each preschool child and to involve parents and community agencies in the project. This report describes the objectives of the…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Disadvantaged, Health Services, Interviews
Crowe, Brenda – 1973
This book, written by the national advisor of the Pre-school Playgroups Association, outlines the history of the development of the playgroup movement, offers recommendations for its future, and serves as a practical handbook for mothers, teachers, and playgroup organizers. (CS)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Equipment, Family Influence
Faragher, John; And Others – 1973
A model for cooperative day care is proposed which aims to protect the beneficial aspects of the child rearing relations of the nuclear family by substituting a caring group of parents for the caring solitary parent. Early child care in the nuclear family provides a secure wholistic relationship between mother and child, but it also sets that…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Austin, Anna – 1990
The Urban Curriculum Partnership is a collaborative among a rural university and an urban school district and the community it serves. The goal is to help at-risk students reach their academic potential, stay in school, and eventually enter into a postsecondary education program. A district-wide tutoring program was developed and implemented in…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, High Risk Students
PDF pending restorationIndiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. – 1976
The handbook provides information, ideas, and strategies for developing and utilizing community resources in elementary and secondary school programs. The first section of the document describes six school-community programs in Indiana. Innovations developed in the programs which motivate students to learn about the real world include parental…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Rudick, Lois, Comp. – 1979
This publication presents profiles of the 29 councils currently participating in the Work-Education Consortium. (These councils address the issue of youth's transition from education to employment and work in a collaborative manner involving community people representing education, business and industry, government, social services, labor,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Coordination
Jones, Orville E., Ed.; Swan, Malcolm D., Ed. – 1972
At a meeting in DuPage County, Illinois, in April 1972, speakers representing the PTA, students, school teachers and administrators, outdoor education, the Illinois School Boards Association, and the Open Lands Project voiced enthusiastic support for introducing environmental education into the school curriculum. One of the County's several…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Support, Curriculum Development
Paz, Ruth – 1985
The progress of a foundation-supported community intervention in Israel is traced from the moment of its conceptualization in 1976 to its final adoption in 1983 by the community in which it grew and developed. Part 1, "The Story of a Project," is divided into ten sections, of which the first three describe the project setting, its…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Education
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
Family involvement in education is good for business, critical to children's school achievement, and important in creating strong and vibrant communities. This report discusses the role of businesses and employers in helping partners and family members be more involved in children's learning. Throughout the report, programs at specific companies…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Employer Employee Relationship
Galinsky, Ellen; And Others – 1995
Intended to highlight the importance of including families and members of the broader community in children's learning, this report discusses the role of businesses and employers in helping partners and family members be more involved in children's learning. The introduction, "Making Family Involvement in Learning a Goal" notes the three…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Employer Employee Relationship
