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Peer reviewedComer, James P. – Education and Urban Society, 1984
Erosion of the home-school relationship undermines teaching and learning, particularly in schools serving groups with gaps between their own social experiences and mainstream expectations. A model presented here addresses and reduces the negative impact of change, social stratification, conflict, and distrust on home-school relationship. (CMG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship
Download full textGriswold, Philip A.; And Others – 1986
Intended for teachers and administrators who work with Chapter 1, Education Consolidation and Improvement Act programs, this report describes elements identified by researchers as essential features of successful schooling. After discussing the impact of schools and teachers and the interrelatedness of their effectiveness, it presents 13…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Environment, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document is the result of an Institute for Educational Leadership conference convened to brief Congressional staff on dropouts, dropout programs, and what information about dropouts merits consideration by policymakers. This report is intended to be a readable account of the dropout problem appropriate for the general public as well as for…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Environment
Gottfredson, Denise C. – 1986
Project PATHE (Positive Action Through Holistic Education) was a 3-year delinquency prevention program implemented in seven schools by the Charleston County, Maryland public school system between 1980 and 1983. An evaluation of the PATHE program was conducted which compared PATHE schools to two non-PATHE schools. Year-to-year differences in the…
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Rate, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Kapel, David E.; Kapel, Marilyn B. – 1982
This monograph reviews research and educational reports to examine the state of the art in preservice and inservice teacher education in the urban community in the United States. A review of urban areas in the last thirty years reveals major social and environmental changes, such as population increases, shifts in racial composition, the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Sakya, T. M., Comp.; Meyer, G. Rex, Comp. – 1997
This book, which is intended for practitioners and researchers engaged in education, presents a comprehensive account and analysis of the major initiatives and programs developed by the Asia and Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL), which was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to promote…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education
