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O'Connell, Mary – The Neighborhood Works, 1991
This booklet tells the story of citizen organization and role in the school reform movement in the restructuring of the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools. Chapter 1, "People Were 'Mad As Hell,'" relates the events immediately surrounding the Chicago Teachers Union strike that transformed discontent into community action. Chapter 2,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Boards of Education, Community Action, Community Attitudes
Holliday, Albert E., Ed. – Journal of Educational Relations, 1995
This document consists of the four issues of the "Journal of Educational Relations" published during 1995. The Journal's motto is "Promoting Student Achievement through Positive School-Home-Community Relationships." Articles in the first issue include: "Disarming Information: Ways to Counter Negative Critics" (Gerald Bracey); "Most Superintendents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Community Role, Decision Making
Download full textAccreditation Notes, 1998
This document consists of nine consecutive issues of the quarterly newsletter of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges' Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). Major articles appearing in these issues are: (1) Eligibility Requirements Revisions Completed; (2) New Accreditation Standards Adopted; (3) ACCJC…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
Milliron, Mark D. Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1998
The abstracts in this series provide brief discussions of issues related to leadership, administration, professional development, technology, and education in community colleges. Volume 11 for 1998 contains the following 10 abstracts: (1) "What If They Learn Differently: Applying Multiple Intelligences Theory in the Community College" (Rene…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Milliron, Mark D., Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1997
The abstracts in this series provide brief discussions of issues related to leadership, administration, professional development, technology, and education in community colleges. Volume 10 for 1997 contains the following 12 abstracts: (1) "On Community College Renewal" (Nathan L. Hodges and Mark D. Milliron); (2) "The Community College Niche in a…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Ball, Christopher; And Others – Coombe Lodge Report, 1991
This report discusses the governing bodies in United Kingdom schools of higher education which were restructured after the Education Act of 1988, and examines how they can best meet the demands which will be put upon them by the reforms announced in the White Paper "Education and Training for the 21st Century" and the Further and Higher…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Schraft, Carol Malchman; Kagan, Sharon Lynn – IRCD Bulletin, 1979
This paper explores the relationship between low income parents and urban schools. Parent participation in urban schools today is said to have been institutionalized in forms set in motion by the Civil Rights movement. Three types of response to the failure of schools to respond to the 1954 Supreme Court decision calling for desegregation are…
Descriptors: Community Control, Compensatory Education, Desegregation Plans, Educational Change
Cowan, D'Ette; Capers, Melissa – Issues...about Change, 2000
Managing and leading educational change entails a great degree of complexity and uncertainty and remains a pressing challenge for administrators. This work documents lessons learned from a national study on the concept and development of the Creating Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement project of the Southwest Educational Development…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Hulick, Chuck, Ed. – Southern Rural Education Association Journal, 1990
This journal contains the following articles pertaining to education in rural areas: (1) "The State of the Association" (William Peter) reviews the mission and progress of the Southern Rural Education Association; (2) "Arts Enrichment Programs in Middle Tennessee Rural Schools" (Howard Brahmstedt and Patricia Brahmstedt)…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, College School Cooperation, Community Education, Community Involvement
Spears, Jacqueline D. – Rural Adult Education Forum, 1993
EMPIRE (Exemplary Multicultural Practices in Rural Schools) is a collaborative multicultural reform project involving the Rural Clearinghouse at Kansas State University and eight rural schools, two regional colleges, and state departments of education in Arizona and Washington. Each rural school is pursuing multicultural projects that are defined…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Community Involvement
Peer reviewedNiemiec, Richard P., Ed.; Walberg, Herbert J., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1993
The Chicago (Illinois) public school system has been undergoing a major restructuring that has shifted responsibility for running the schools to local school councils. The nine articles of this issue bring together opinions and research of a diverse group of authors with multiple perspectives on the effort. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Community Control, Community Involvement
Bowen, Raymond C., Ed.; Muller, Gilbert H., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
This volume of New Directions for Community Colleges features case studies of six prototypical urban community college systems and the challenges they face. The chapters provide guides for those interested in the unique mission of urban institutions: (1) "Urban America and the Community College Imperative: The Importance of Open Access and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
League for Innovation in the Community Coll. – 1999
This document contains volume two of Learning Abstracts, a bimonthly newsletter from the League for Innovation in the Community College. Articles in these seven issues include: (1) "Get on the Fast Track to Learning: An Accelerated Associate Degree Option" (Gerardo E. de los Santos and Deborah J. Cruise); (2) "The Learning College:…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Schuyler, Gwyer, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
This issue of "New Directions for Community Colleges" focuses on the community college curriculum. The articles are based on a study of the college catalogs and course schedules from 164 colleges. The featured articles are: (1) "A Historical and Contemporary View of the Community College Curriculum" (Gwyer Schuyler); (2) "The Liberal Arts"…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Shannon, Thomas A. – 1980
In focusing on local school board response to citizen desires for change in public school operations and on significant issues changing education from the perspective of school boards, three principles must be kept in mind: (1) public schools are controlled by three arms of government at three levels; (2) the federal government has limited powers;…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Citizen Participation
