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Direct linkMediratta, Kavitha – Theory Into Practice, 2007
Community organizing for school reform is a growing national phenomenon, as young people, parents, neighborhood residents, and faith-based institutions struggle to improve the quality and equity of public schooling, particularly in urban school districts. Now a decade old, community organizing projects are influencing local public schools in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Restructuring, Public Education, Community Organizations
Download full textTinzmann, Margaret Banker; And Others – 1990
Ways in which schools and communities collaborate to create a learning community are described in this fifth guidebook in a series of nine video conferences on school restructuring. Extended school and community roles include enrichment of the learning environment, coordination of a learning support network, and expansion of the community of…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Involvement, Community Role
Dryfoos, Joy; Maguire, Sue – 2002
This document reports on a study of a model full-service community school and explains the kind of services provided, staffing considerations, ways of involving community partners, governance arrangements, and parent involvement. It considers the barriers to creating this kind of school and explores ways to fund programs. The narrative offers a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Schools, Community Services
Rogers, Margot – 1995
In October 1994 the President signed into law the "Improving America's Schools Act." Title I, the largest primary and secondary federal education program was reauthorized by this legislation, which, among other things rewrote the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The reauthorized law provides parents, advocates, and school…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Designs for Change, Chicago, IL. – 1993
This resource directory lists assistance groups that can help a school improve to meet the objectives of the Chicago (Illinois) School Improvement initiative. The assistance groups listed differ in several ways. Some specialize in improving reading or mathematics, for example, while others offer a broader range of school restructuring advice. The…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Consultation Programs, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Bryk, Anthony S.; Sebring, Penny Bender; Kerbow, David; Rollow, Sharon; Easton, John Q. – 1998
In 1989, Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools began an experiment with the radical decentralization of power and authority. This book tells the story of what happened in Chicago's elementary schools in the first four years of this reform. Implicit in the reform was the theory that expanded local democratic participation would stimulate organizational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Involvement, Decentralization
