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Maine Department of Education, 2012
Almost immediately after he was named Commissioner of Education in March 2011, Stephen Bowen traveled to school districts across Maine and spoke to students, teachers, school administrators and community members about what they saw as the challenges confronting Maine's schools and what role they saw for the Maine Department of Education in…
Descriptors: Statewide Planning, Educational Needs, Educational Change, Public Officials
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Villarreal, Lisa R. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2005
A pioneer effort when passed as a bipartisan bill into legislation in 1991, California's Healthy Start initiative now stands out as a promising model for the emerging community school movement. Healthy Start is intended to bring "comprehensive, integrated, supports and services" to California's most disadvantaged K-12 students and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Development, Statewide Planning