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Resource Exchange: Linking Local School Communities through Peace & Global Studies.
Reynolds, Joan K. – 1988
This paper describes methods and a pilot program for developing coalitions that support global education at the local school system level. Guidelines are suggested for using international exchange students as resource persons in the classroom and for ways to show hospitality to international visitors. An attached student handout describes exchange…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Exchange Programs
Battling Costs for Quality and Quantity: Emerging Responses in Early Childhood Care and Education. Notes, Comments...(Child, Family, Community). Digest No. II.
Prakasha, Veda – 1983
This digest explores the possibilities of cost reduction in extending the coverage and upgrading the quality of preschool education especially in developing countries. The digest also seeks to highlight the importance of community participation in developing and managing preschool institutions and programs. Chapters cover the following topics: the…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Involvement, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Kansas Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA): A Resource Guide for Addressing Outcome 8.
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Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1992
This resource guide addresses Outcome 8 of Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA), which was adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education in 1991, to be implemented in all school districts by 1994-95. QPA's stated purpose is to prepare learners to live, learn, and work in a global society. Ten outcomes are identified for schools and communities…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment
Growing Greener Cities: A Tree-Planting Handbook.
Moll, Gary; Young, Stanley – 1992
This step-by-step guide, developed by the Global ReLeaf organization, presents tree-planting advice and simple steps to organizing a successful community tree-planting and tree-care program. The text is divided into three parts. Part 1 introduces trees and discusses the role they play as components of the living urban environment. Distinctions are…
Descriptors: Activities, Climate, Community Action, Community Involvement
Multi-Cultural Societies: Early Childhood Education and Care. Summary Report and Conclusions of an International Seminar (Granada, Spain, June 6-15, 1984).
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Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
The Bernard van Leer Foundation's seminar on early childhood education and care in multicultural societies brought together 31 project leaders and independent specialists from 19 countries for a consideration of common problems of multicultural education. Participants were selected for their expertise in working with minorities and migrants in…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Community Role
The Challenge of Early Childhood Care and Education: An Agenda for Action.
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Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
Accounts of achievements in early childhood care and education in developing countries supplement a discussion of optimal programming. The document begins with background information on problems in educational provision and a rationale for a national focus on early education. Discussion then turns to: (1) parents as prime educators; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Day Care, Developing Nations