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Download full textDepartment of Labor, Washington, DC. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. – 1991
This document explains how community groups can use the Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) process to ensure that skills taught in school are those sought by employers. Chapter 1 explains how the SCANS process works. Chapter 2 is titled "What SCANS Means to You." Chapter 3 explains how to build coalitions,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Control, Community Cooperation, Education Work Relationship
Vukasin, Helen L., Ed. – 1985
This Caribbean Regional Workshop was organized to bring together representatives of private, voluntary, and community development organizations, governmental agencies, and other non-governmental organizations in the Eastern Caribbean who were concerned with environmental quality. The conference was intended to improve the level of citizen…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1984
Because most decisions that affect quality of schools are made in the community, citizens should become school partners in education. This booklet offers the following suggestions for citizen actions: (1) Get informed. As "owners" of the local school board, citizens have a right to know what students are expected to learn. Individuals should…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Involvement
