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The Tutoring Partnership: SIF Implementation and Outcome Evaluation. Executive Summary
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Warner-Richter, Mallory; Hirilall, Ashley; Li, Winnie; Tout, Kathryn – Child Trends, 2018
This report summarizes findings from an implementation and outcomes study of the Tutoring Partnership. The Tutoring Partnership was a Saint Paul and Minneapolis network of 28 community-based programs that provided academic interventions through tutoring. The common goal was improving students' academic outcomes. The Tutoring Partnership, operated…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Tutoring, School Community Programs, Program Effectiveness
Nutrition, Health, and Wellness at "La Escuelita": A Community-Driven Effort toward Food and Environmental Justice
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Del Hierro, Victor; Saenz, Valente Francisco; Gonzales, Laura; Durá, Lucía; Medina-Jerez, William – Community Literacy Journal, 2019
This article introduces "La Escuelita," an after-school health literacy program for youth and families that currently meets in a community center one mile from a port of entry into El Paso, Texas. Through weekly activities that include mediums like art, community-based mapping, and collaborative cooking, participants at "La…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Health Promotion, Community Programs, Health Education
Science and Success: Clinical Services and Contraceptive Access
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Alford, Sue; Huberman, Barbara – Advocates for Youth, 2009
Despite recent declines in teen pregnancy, U.S. teen birth and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates remain among the highest in the western world. Given the need to focus limited prevention resources on effective programs, Advocates for Youth undertook exhaustive reviews of existing research to compile a list of the programs proven effective…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Family Planning, Community Programs, Pregnancy
Community Learning Projects: Transforming Post-Compulsory Education Provision in Rural Communities
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McLachlan, Kathryn; Arden, Catherine H. – Rural Society, 2009
Rural communities such as Stanthorpe on Queensland's Southern Downs, in Australia, are familiar with turbulent environmental, social, technological and economic change and the adversity that frequently accompanies such changes. The capacity of individuals and communities to bounce back from adversity is referred to as resilience. Participation in…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Development, Action Research, Lifelong Learning
Leveraging Resources to Promote Positive School-CBO Relationships
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Wimer, Christopher; Post, Margaret; Little, Priscilla – Afterschool Matters, 2004
Many afterschool programs operated by neighborhood or community-based organizations (CBOs) take place in students' school buildings. Navigating relationships between afterschool programs and their host public schools can be challenging for both parties. At times, tension in such relationships can throw unnecessary roadblocks on the path to…
Descriptors: After School Programs, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Community Programs
Project CASAS: Facilitating the Adaptation of Recent Immigrant Students through Complex Community-Wide Efforts
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Schoorman, Dilys; Jean-Jacques, Velouse – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2003
The primary focus of this article is a community-based project initiated under the auspices of the Palm Beach County School District's Office of Multicultural Affairs. The students in this district represent 150 countries and 104 language groups. The nation with the highest representation among this population is Haiti. Project CASAS (Community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Haitians, Immigrants, Acculturation