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Karen D. Seimears – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Texas consistently has one of the highest high school graduation percentages across the nation yet falls below the national average for adults passing high school equivalency tests (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017). In 2019, there were 300,401 adults in Tarrant County eligible for a high school credential. This opportunity for high school equivalency…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Education, Adults, Attitudes
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Backman, Desiree; Scruggs, Valarie; Atiedu, Akpene Ama; Bowie, Shene; Bye, Larry; Dennis, Angela; Hall, Melanie; Ossa, Alexandra; Wertlieb, Stacy; Foerster, Susan B. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of the "Fruit, Vegetable, and Physical Activity Toolbox for Community Educators" ("Toolbox"), an intervention originally designed for Spanish- and English-speaking audiences, in changing knowledge, attitudes, and behavior among low-income African American women. Design: Quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Health Services, Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Low Income
Croall, Jonathan – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1975
Author visited one of Liverpool's more recent experiments in community education. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Development, Community Education, Community Organizations
1977
The final report documents activities of a 3-year child abuse and neglect demonstration unit in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The history of the project is reviewed along with the following project components: organization/staffing, case identification, coordination, community education, professional development, case management, research and evaluation,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Coordination, Community Education
Hooper, Richard – 1976
The results of the evaluation of the community education program of the Nashville-Davidson County (Tennessee) Metropolitan Public Schools are contained in this volume. Evaluation questionnaires were sent to participants in all seven Nashville-Davidson County community schools, as well as to school administrators and to community organizations…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
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Ntiri, Daphne Williams, Ed. – 1994
The Adult Literacy and Evaluation Research Team (also known as Project ALERT) was a project conducted by the Detroit Literacy Coalition (DLC) at Wayne State University in 1993-1994 to develop and pilot a user-friendly program model for evaluating literacy operations of community-based organizations throughout Michigan under the provisions of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Black Education, Blacks
Ingram, E. J.; McIntosh, R. G. – 1981
The report and evaluation of Education North (a project designed to encourage parents, community members, and teachers in small, isolated, primarily Native and Metis communities in northern Alberta to work together to meet community educational needs) is comprised of three parts. Part One presents an update of Education North activities and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Education, Community Organizations
Ntiri, Daphne Williams, Ed. – 1996
This document contains an evaluation handbook for adult literacy programs and feedback from/regarding the evaluation instruments developed during the project titled Adult Literacy and Evaluation Research Team (also known as Project ALERT), a two-phase project initiated by the Detroit Literacy Coalition (DLC) for the purpose of developing and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Black Education, Blacks
Galaway, Burt, Ed.; Hudson, Joe, Ed. – 1994
This book contains 27 papers that were originally developed for a research and policy symposium at which Canadian community economic development (CED) was examined in terms of research and policy requirements. The book contains the following papers: "Community Economic Development Practice in Canada" (Brodhead); "Community Economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Development