Using the Pennsylvania Department of Education Family/Community Standards, university professors from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford collaborated with multiple community clubs such as the Rotary and Kiwanis as well as local agencies including St. Bonaventure University on the development and implementation of a family literacy day event…

The Downtown Education Collaborative (DEC) is an innovative collaborative which includes public and private colleges working with community organizations in interdisciplinary community service learning. This article reviews DEC's development, from its inception as a shared vision aspired to by its partners, to a functioning collaborative. We…

As educators deliberate on how to provide a well-rounded education for all, the idea of working more collaboratively with a range of arts education providers has become increasingly attractive. Allowing outside organizations and individuals to gain access to institutions in a more evenhanded way and create long-term relationships that reinforce…

To make more valuable to the people those things from which the people are accustomed to derive value has been appropriately been said to be the prime business of legislators. That the schoolhouse, whose value to the people is already great, may become still more valuable to them, is the purpose of the community-organization movement which the…

Material for this directory was gathered from two questionnaires distributed to independent elementary and secondary schools affiliated with the National Association of Independent Schools. More than 250 schools responded. Four areas of inquiry were covered. The first concerned new organizational structures instituted in schools. Special emphasis…

This guide is designed as an outline of the means to broaden the context of education within a community and to serve its needs through community involvement in educational program planning. Part 1 is a discussion of the need and means for community collaboration, including maximizing use of existing educational facilities and community resources…

Community-based learning (CBL) is a structured approach to learning and teaching that connects meaningful community experience with intellectual development, personal growth, and active citizenship. Enthusiasm for CBL is emerging in Australia and elsewhere because it is seen as the following: strategy for whole-school reform, especially in…

Based on eight goals assessed as desired outcomes for a career-educated person, this guide is an outline of how an educational organization or community agency might develop a career decision-making program for adults. Both parts of the guide's purpose--meeting educational needs and meeting community needs--are discussed, including what is…