The American Association of Community Colleges' Beacon College Project (BCP) uses funds from the Kellogg Foundation to award two-year grants to "Beacon" community colleges to form consortia with at least five associate colleges, designed to improve a specific aspect of institutional life. A total of 26 projects, many involving community…

This policy paper of the Regents of the University of the State of New York describes the need for partnerships between parents and schools, principles underlying such partnerships, and obstacles to establishing such partnerships. In addition to covering these topics, the first part of the paper discusses family, community, and school…

A series of eight videoconferences was designed to help educational professionals improve schools by applying knowledge gained from research. During the videoconference programs, which are transmitted by satellite to facilities with receiving capacity, viewers can interact by telephone with the program presenters. Each program covers a specific…

This paper suggests that educational resources and opportunities currently in operation in rural Australia are brought forward during times of crisis. The paper discusses five aspects of education in rural Australia that are a response to the perceived sense of crisis and that have improved the general and comparative quality of rural education,…

This document describes research and development by the Institute for Responsive Education's national project (known as the League of Schools Reaching Out) that seeks to show how school-family-community partnerships (SFCPs) can contribute significantly to school restructuring or reform aimed at increasing the academic and social success of all…

This report presents the recommendations of the Coordination of Social Services Action Group (CSSAG) to the governor of Illinois for the improvement of social services for children and parents within the state. Because of financial constraints, ways to develop a more efficient and effective social service delivery system must be found. To this…

This book provides an overview of ways in which the psychology of child development can improve education and promote children's competence. Part 1 of the book examines individual differences in children. Chapters in this part discuss: (1) the roots of children's competence, and particularly the influences of the environment, heredity, and…

This paper discusses the evolution of the concept of public service at land grant universities, pointing out the challenges confronted by these universities today and tomorrow and current challenges experienced in the areas of leadership and volunteer development. First, the evolution of the concept of public service at land grant institutions is…

This directory describes collaborative programs linking local school boards with other agencies in order to serve the full range of student needs that are essential to improved educational achievement. Reflecting a growing recognition by local school board members that schools alone cannot meet the complex educational and life management needs of…

Keyano College (KC), in northeast Alberta, has been involved in several successful partnerships with native communities to deliver community-based programs. Strong college/community partnerships recognize the cultural identity of participants while providing them with the skills vital to personal, community, and economic development. Because the…

New interest by Australians in the state of rural education requires new understanding of factors affecting rural education and its related issues. Educational programs have not been flexible enough to cope with rural diversity, a key element in the milieu. Standards such as "equality of opportunity" and "uniformity" have been…

This guide for teachers explores the dynamics of successful parent involvement with their children's education. The guide is centered on 10 keys to family involvement: (1) creating a new definition of parent that includes alternative caregivers; (2) moving toward "family involvement" rather than just parent involvement; (3) devising new…

This conference proceedings contains an abbreviated conference program schedule, session abstracts, the plenary address and four selected papers addressing planning issues for institutions of higher education, and a final panel discussion. Abstracts are provided for all 17 sessions. The plenary session was given by Stephen J. Tractenberg, the…

When the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Education launched the Transition Years initiatives, it argued that certain aspects of school practice deserved special attention: student assessment, recording, and reporting practices; teacher inservice education; school and classroom organization; school-community relationships; core curriculum; curriculum…

This document is a collection of reviews of promising and exemplary programs designed to improve student achievement. The programs reviewed represent the five areas that hold particular promise for strengthening students' academic performance: improved instructional strategies in reading, writing, and thinking; and the use of educational…