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Casto, Hope G.; Sipple, John W.; McCabe, Lisa A. – Educational Policy, 2016
School-community relationships can serve many goals ranging from enhancing student achievement to community development. This article examines the relationship between school-community partnerships and community development in light of a state prekindergarten policy that requires partnering. To understand the local responses, we propose a typology…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Preschool Education, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement
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London, Rebecca A.; Pastor, Manuel, Jr.; Servon, Lisa J.; Rosner, Rachel; Wallace, Antwuan – Youth & Society, 2010
Recent data suggest that the digital divide between White and minority youth persists, particularly in terms of home access to computers and the Internet. Community technology centers (CTCs) are an important alternative access point, especially for low-income youth of color. Such institutions, however, do much more, providing not just access, but…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Social Capital, Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups
Blank, Martin J.; Jacobson, Reuben; Melaville, Atelia – Center for American Progress, 2012
A community school is a place and a set of partnerships connecting a school, the families of students, and the surrounding community. A community school is distinguished by an integrated focus on academics, youth development, family support, health and social services, and community development. The community school strategy is central to efforts…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Social Services, Unions, Community Development
State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. Coll. of Human Ecology at Cornell Univ. – 1975
This report describes a community-based program of continuing education and support for family day care providers in Nassau County, New York. Chapters are: (1) Overview and Summary of the Pilot Program, (2) Situation Giving Rise to the Pilot Program, (3) Planning the Pilot Program, (4) Preparation for Implementation (including recruitment,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Caregivers, Community Development, Day Care