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Download full textHowley, Craig B., Ed.; Eckman, John M., Ed. – 1997
This book aims to help parents, community members, and educators find resources, design school options, and take action together to improve small rural schools in ways that meet community and student needs. Chapter 1 discusses the virtues of smallness, outlines basic assumptions about the role and nature of good education, examines the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Educational Change
Russo, C. W. Russ – 1995
This book is addressed to educators and work-place trainers interested in applying the Malcolm Baldrige award criteria and/or the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000 training guidelines for program improvement. An initial section compares and contrasts the ISO standards and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Higher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Management Teams
Denoyer, Richard A. – 1984
Princeton City School District Staff and parents created a plan for monitoring student achievement. Each group--teachers, counselors, coaches and club sponsors, parents, students, and administrators--was given responsibilities; parents, for example, were asked to emphasize learning's importance in the home. Biweekly computer printouts note…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedColeman, Don; Lawrence, John – Rural Educator, 1984
Suggests school boards separate from day-to-day administrative operations, concentrate on futuristic five-year plans, and work with a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) in subgroups to study all areas of responsibility in order to respond to rising median population age and emerging high-tech society. Would provide optimum accountability and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Community Involvement
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
Herman, Marina Lachecki; Polich, Judith Y. – 1978
The 3-year Citizen Leadership Program was designed to develop citizen-directed planning in Wisconsin. The first year focused on citizen involvement in land use planning; the second year, on community goal setting; and the third year, on community development projects. A representative group of 30 citizens participated in the program's workshops…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apathy, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
Meyer, Neil L. – 1980
Capital improvements programming is one financial managment technique for providing public services within the constraints of limited financial resources--a particular problem for communities experiencing rapid population growth. Long-range planning and improvement of public facilities for water supply, sewage treatment, parks and recreation,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Planning, Coping
Bishop, Meg; Gibson, Graeme – 1999
This guide is intended for individuals and groups who are interested in developing resource material for highly participatory, small, democratic adult discussion groups that are based soundly on adult learning principles. Suggestions are provided for preparing learning circle material that will be balanced, authoritative, and help people in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Curriculum Design
Oliver, Leonard P.; Feldmann, Ann, Ed. – 1983
This study examines past and present public issue forums and their role in the United States political system. The first chapter describes traditional forms of the public forum such as town meetings, neighborhood societies, lyceums, university extension programs, and settlement house networks. Analyzed next are the content, organization, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
