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Download full textPollard, Joyce S. – Insights on Educational Policy and Practice, 1990
If schools are to play the role of integrators of human services, state and local policymakers must create a favorable policy context in which schools may operate. Six critical policy issues are discussed: ensuring comprehensive service delivery to children and families; developing alternative funding strategies; ensuring family support; ensuring…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Northwest Education, 1998
School-community collaborations are partnerships that can take different forms and serve many purposes. An overview of some partnership models is provided in this text. It shows how schools can play a central role in the revitalization of a community by serving as community centers and by fostering school-based enterprises. Ways in which students…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Pollard, Joyce S. – Insights on Educational Policy and Practice, 1990
The role of state and local policymakers in creating an environment conducive to cooperation between schools and human services agencies is discussed in this educational policy bulletin. To ensure effective service delivery programs and enabling policies, policymakers must consider: (1) the qualities of collaborative service delivery programs,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Pollard, Joyce S. – Insights on Educational Policy and Practice, 1990
The expanded role of schools in integrating various service providers to address the needs of at-risk students and their families is discussed in this educational policy bulletin. The debate about the extent and means of the broadening school scope is reviewed and the types of school-linked service delivery programs are outlined. Characteristics…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedParsons, Michael H., Ed.; Lisman, C. David, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Based on the idea that community colleges have a critical role in enhancing civic literacy through community-based programming and service learning, this volume provides descriptions of theoretical frameworks and practical models for incorporating community renewal into the college mission. The following articles are provided: (1) "Service…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Services
McChesney, Jim – Research Roundup, 1996
This research summary reviews six publications that explore the need for integrated school-based community services and describe ways in which challenges can be overcome to create effective full-time schools. The publications include the following: (1) "Full-Service Schools: A Revolution in Health and Social Services for Children, Youth, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education
