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Burkhauser, Mary; Bronte-Tinkew, Jacinta; Kennedy, Elena – Child Trends, 2008
Increasing community involvement in out-of-school time programs can yield significant benefits to programs and the students that they serve. Community partnerships have the potential to meet a wide variety of needs, from improving participant recruitment and attendance to contributing volunteers or other resources to programs. This research brief…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, After School Programs, Community Support, Community Resources
Twenty-First Century School Fund, Washington, DC. – 2002
This publication describes the creation of a new school building for James F. Oyster Bilingual Elementary School in Washington, DC. Despite the success of its academic program, the school's 70-year-old building had become unsafe and unsuitable for teaching and learning and was threatened with closure in 1993 because of the district's fiscal…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Support, Corporate Support, Educational Facilities Planning