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Megan Millenky; Louisa Treskon; Farhana Hossain – MDRC, 2024
In 2021, approximately five million young people in the United States were not in school or working. This group of young people transitioning to adulthood, roughly ages 16 to 24, are often referred to as "opportunity youth" and sometimes "disconnected youth." Young people from low-income families and from communities of…
Descriptors: Out of School Youth, Adolescents, Young Adults, Low Income
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Shweta Sinha Deshpande; Sulakshana Sen; Gayatri Mendanha; Roshni Raheja; Khushi Bajaj; Ananya Moorthy; Kuhelika Bisht; Sarah Cherian; Sharanya Nair; Naushi Mathur; Meghana Kodamarti – Higher Education for the Future, 2024
The article presents the replicable model of Curriculum and Community Based Academic Learning with Research, Action and Service (CCBALwRAS) through a framework of '2 Cs', the 'curriculum' and the 'community'. It puts forth a support strategy for participatory community-based interventions by formally inducting higher education institutions (HEIs)…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Action Research
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Hamza Malik; Rachel L. Stronach; Stephen B. Witzig – Connected Science Learning, 2024
Partnerships between schools and out-of-school organizations (museums, zoos, nature centers, etc.) have been shown to improve the educational experiences for both students and teachers. In this article, we report on the experiences we have documented as a nature center through our active involvement in school partnerships. Our partnerships with…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, School Community Programs
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Thompson, Rodney; Jocius, Robin – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2017
Due to local, state, and national accountability measures, school reform efforts have become critical of many legislative agendas. Local community members are getting off the sidelines and becoming part of the game to support local schools districts to become part of the solution. Across the United States, Collective Impact models, which propose…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Outcomes of Education, Models
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Ogden, Terje; Sørlie, Mari-Anne – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2018
This postscript presents the implementation and evaluation of family and community based intervention programs for children and young people implemented in Norway. The Norwegian experiences and results illustrate how evidence-based programs developed in the U.S. have been transported across geographical and language borders, implemented…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Family Programs
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Aguilar, Olivia M. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Interest in community environmental education (EE) and community education for sustainable development (ESD) is increasing, as evidenced by the increase in studies examining community EE/ESD approaches and NAAEE's current development of the Community EE Guidelines for Excellence. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to: (1) provide a review of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Environmental Education, Community Education, Sustainable Development
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2015
Oakland is home to one of the most demographically diverse populations in the country, with residents of different racial, ethnic, national, linguistic, and other cultural groups. In response to these vast disparities, in 2010, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) launched an initiative to transform all district schools into full service…
Descriptors: School Districts, Community Schools, Educational Change, Models
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Hayes, Kim A.; Entzel, Pamela; Berger, Wendy; Caskey, Rachel N.; Shlay, Judith C.; Stubbs, Brenda W.; Smith, Jennifer S.; Brewer, Noel T. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: There has been little evaluation of school-located vaccination programs that offer human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in US schools without health centers (ie, extramural programs). This article summarizes lessons learned from such programs. Methods: In July to August 2010, 5 programs were identi?ed. Semistructured, in-depth telephone…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health Promotion, Semi Structured Interviews
Baggett, Kathleen M.; Warlen, Leslie C.; Schrotberger, Heather – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
Universal screening and referral are crucial for maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs to improve maternal, infant, and early childhood outcomes. The purpose of this article is to describe a county-wide, centralized intake and referral system. The authors report results and lessons learned for reducing service duplication…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Referral, Screening Tests, Agency Cooperation
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Daivs, Gregory – Journal of Extension, 2012
Assessing program impact can provide useful program evaluation data. It also provides a basis for program development, marketing, and justification. This article discusses recent impact evaluation efforts and findings of a long-time Extension program; referred to as Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E). How such information can be…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Development
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Hunt, Kathleen P.; Krakow, Melinda M. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2015
Lauded as a rewarding pedagogical approach, community-engagement can be time-consuming, resource-intensive, and difficult for instructors to manage for effective student learning outcomes. Collaborative teaching can allow instructors working in the same classroom to draw from each others' expertise and share resources. In this essay, we propose a…
Descriptors: Food, Food Standards, Teacher Collaboration, School Community Programs
Baker, Stephen; Spielberger, Julie; Lockaby, Tracey; Guterman, Kai – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2010
Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc. is an organization dedicated to improving the availability and quality of afterschool programs in the county. During the 2007-2008 program year, Prime Time implemented a county-wide Quality Improvement System (QIS) that included program standards, an assessment process, and on-site technical assistance delivered…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Counties, Total Quality Management, Individual Activities
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Felten, Peter; Clayton, Patti H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
The question of how best to fulfill the academy's role in civic life animates many discussions about the identity and function of higher education in the twenty-first century. Service-learning is emerging as a central component of efforts to connect both disciplinary learning and general education with this historic and increasingly salient…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Service Learning
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Bloomquist, Michael L.; August, Gerald J.; Horowitz, Jason L.; Lee, Susanne S.; Jensen, Cheryl – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2008
This paper summarizes an effort to transpose and sustain the evidence-based Early Risers "Skills for Success" conduct problems prevention program in a real world community service system. The Early Risers program had previously been implemented by a local agency within the context of research-based operations. In the current initiative,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Prevention, Program Implementation, Financial Support
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Harris, Lisa; Jones, Martyn; Coutts, Sally – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
The paper describes and analyses the design and implementation of a higher education student placement program in the community services sector. Principally ideas about partnerships and social learning informed the design. The placement program represents a significant innovation in work-integrated learning, achieved through collaboration between…
Descriptors: Community Services, Student Placement, Social Sciences, Partnerships in Education
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