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Robles, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Effective partnerships for education reform "require that schools view parents and communities not simply as customers or clients but as partners in the educational process" (Sanders, 2009, p. 1695). In 2012, seven Seattle area school districts and the Puget Sound Educational Service District (the PSESD) were awarded funding for the Road…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Group Dynamics, Educational Change, Case Studies
Shrader, Elizabeth; Saunders, Mary Anne; Marullo, Sam; Benatti, Sylvia; Weigert, Kathleen Maas – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2008
Conversations continue as to whether and how community-based learning and research (CBLR) can be most effectively integrated into the mission and practice of institutions of higher education (IHEs). In 2005, eight District of Columbia- (DC-) area universities affiliated with the Community Research and Learning (CoRAL) Network engaged in a planning…
Descriptors: Colleges, Institutional Mission, Service Learning, College Environment
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Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation. – 1979
One component of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) is the Nonprofit Organization Program (NPO), under which local groups funded for this purpose carry out a program designed to support the development or implementation of a public school desegregation plan. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of NPO groups compared with…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
McCrary, Joseph; Hosek, Adrienne – US Department of Education, 2007
Historically, faith-based organizations (FBOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) have been involved in the provision of social services, such as drug treatment, job training, community redevelopment, housing, and education. However, FBOs and CBOs have not often participated in U.S. Department of Education (the Department) grant programs. In…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Quality, Community Organizations
WICKLAND, ROGER F. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY WAS TO EVALUATE THE "IMPACT" MADE ON COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS BY THE EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION (E AND D) YOUTH PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF MANPOWER POLICY, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH (OMPER). THE PROJECTS WERE DIRECTED TOWARD DEVELOPING AND DEMONSTRATING NEW…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Kimbrough, Jackie; Hyman, James – 1978
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) of 1972 authorizes grants or contracts to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to support the LEAs' efforts to desegregate or to reduce minority group isolation or its effects. The NPO program is a small component of ESAA which provides financial assistance to community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Desegregation Methods
Prather, Margaret Boyce – 1982
The final report of a five-year federally-funded bilingual education program in four schools of the the Sunnyside School District in Tucson, Arizona, is presented. The following areas are addressed: (1) student enrollment patterns, (2) the instructional program for kindergarten through fifth grade and its development, (3) staff development efforts…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Organizations
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
In January 1970, the Department of Labor restructured its Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) out-of-school program and made age limits for entering the program more restrictive. Education, skill training, and work experience were emphasized. The restructured NYC-2 program was carried out in urban or growth areas, but the original NYC-1 program was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Organizations, Dropout Programs, Federal Programs
McIntyre, Catherine; And Others – 1977
An evaluation was conducted of the effectiveness of the 12 LULAC [League of United Latin American Citizens] National Education Service Centers, Inc. (LNESC), which assist Hispanic and other educationally deprived students in pursuing post-secondary education. The evaluation focused on three LNESC objectives: (1) to increase the number of persons…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, Community Organizations, Economically Disadvantaged
National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1969
The National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education was established under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for the purposes of giving advice to the Community Service and Continuing Education Program and reviewing the administration and effectiveness of all Federally supported extension and continuing education programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Colleges, Community Organizations
Webb, Kenneth W.; And Others – 1975
An evaluation system for measuring the cost effectiveness of protective services for abused and neglected children was developed and field tested. The system permits the collection and analysis of definitive, quantifiable data to determine: (1) which service agencies, individually, or as aggregated by states or regions, are most effective in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness
Missouri State Dept. of Education, Jefferson City. – 1966
THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT, WHICH CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF SEPARATE APPENDIXES, PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS IN MISSOURI FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. THE FIRST APPENDIX CONTAINS A PROPOSAL FOR THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA FROM THE PROJECTS. THE CATEGORIES OF…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Art, Bibliographies, Community Organizations
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This report describes the nation-wide evaluation of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start-affiliated program designed to elicit community and family involvement in fostering optimum development of preschool children and their families. Evaluations of the planning, initiation, and implementation phases of the program at each of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Day Care, Demography
Williams, E. Belvin; Tannenbaum, Robert S. – 1967
A 1967 evaluation of New York City's Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) educational enrichment program presents the objectives and the methods of implementation of the Board of Education and the local community agencies which administered the project. Criticized are the diversity of the program objectives, the lack of provision for a specified…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Community Organizations
Herrnstadt, Irwin L.; And Others – 1977
A case study of the introduction of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Boston was conducted (1) to chronicle and analyze the changes in employment and training planning and programs as the federal policy changes from a centralized and categorical policy to a decentralized and decategorized one, (2) to examine the impact of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, City Government
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