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Schwarz, Carolyn; Chavez, Elena; Imholz, Betsy; Lui, Earl – 2001
Recognizing the relationship between child health and success in school and the importance of health insurance in remaining healthy, the Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools project of Consumers Union works to connect children in schools with California's state-sponsored health insurance program. This guide provides ideas on how a school and community…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Children
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1990
The concept of the school as community encompasses two distinct relationships: the school/extended community and the internal school community. As social needs and conditions change, so does the school role in the community. Topics covered in this book include benefits of collaboration between the external community and the school, the creation of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
New Ways to Work, San Francisco, CA. – 2002
This guide provides engagement specialists with information to help them build strong, lasting partnerships with employers and labor partners that translate into life-changing opportunities for the youth of California through the School-to-Career initiative (STC). (Companion guides for associations, labor unions and employers are available…
Descriptors: Career Education, Corporate Support, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1998
Since the passage of legislation (Public Act 85-283) requiring Illinois colleges to report every 3 years the progress made to increase the participation and advancement of underrepresented groups, the state's community colleges have used both special population grant funds and local college funds to address the needs of these groups. This report…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1992
This paper, one of a series from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's project "Higher Education and the Economy of the West," describes 31 programs in 16 western states that illustrates higher education's contribution to the economy. Four school-university partnerships are described: the Pueblo School District 60/University of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Distance Education
Bittner, Walton S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
It is the aim of this bulletin to describe in some detail the scope and methods of university extension bureaus with particular reference to those which actively stimulate public discussion on current public questions. Chief attention will be given to the work they do in assisting public discussion leagues and clubs, and in carrying on package…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, School Community Relationship, Discussion