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Community Update, 1997
This document consists of the 11 issues of the newsletter, "Community Update," which were published between April 1996 and March 1997. The newsletter provides information to help schools and communities reach the National Education Goals. Each issue contains announcements of monthly satellite town meetings, topics to be discussed in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Prager, Karen – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1993
This "issue report" contains three articles centered around the concept of "social capital", and the role of the schools in community revitalization. "Social captial" consists of organizational networks of communication and shared values that provide collective support for adults and youth in a community. In "Social Capital and the Rebuilding of…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Programs, Community Services
Benefits2, 1999
This is the first of a series of issue papers that discuss ways in which rural communities and schools can work together to guarantee their students the best education possible. By working together, rural schools and communities can not only improve education, but revitalize the entire community. The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory is…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship, Partnerships in Education
James, Simon, Ed. – FEDA Report, 1998
This book presents national and international perspectives on the role of further education (FE) in economic development in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Throughout the papers, special attention is paid to the need to reassess FE and its role as service provider, stakeholder, and strategic partner in view of the following social and economic…
Descriptors: Community Development, Competency Based Education, Economic Development, Economic Impact