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Valdes, Plano B., Jr.; Hardcastle, Mia – 1974
Project LECA (Local Environment in III Century America) was designed by Hillsborough Community College as a 10-month series of seminars, forums, speeches, public debate, and other events on environmental concerns that affect the nation, state, and the Tampa Bay Area. In all, 2,380 persons have participated directly in the LECA programs held, which…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Ecology, Environment
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This document presents the appendix to the final report on the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start-affiliated program designed to promote community and family involvement in fostering optimum development of preschool children. (The final report was contained in a series of documents, which included program descriptions from each…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Family Involvement
Gibboney (Richard A.) Associates, Inc., Kensington, MD. – 1978
This report describes the major outcomes of the Response to Educational Needs Project (RENP), a compensatory education program implemented by the Anacostia district of Washington, D.C. The problem of students falling further and further behind is discussed with particular reference to reading and mathematics achievement, training teachers to cope,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness
Wilson, Stephen; And Others – 1981
The Education Resource Center (ERC) is a community-based teachers' resource center located in Chicago (Illinois). Its conceptual base is broader than that of a typical teachers center as ERC represents a community-based social movement with a wider orientation than teacher training. ERC's policy board reflects community organizations and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Art Education, Community Centers, Community Involvement
Platt, William J.; And Others – 1966
This report provides the groundwork for a study of racial balance in San Francisco's public schools. Outlined are patterns which emerged from the experiences other cities had in trying to combat racial imbalance. An overview of interviews with community groups illustrates the priorities such a study should be concerned with in the area of pupil…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Desegregation Methods
Dieringer, Margaret K., Ed.
A study was done to assist the U.S. Office of Education in ascertaining whether there is the need and desire for mayor and city involvement in the area of consumer education and to assist the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) in determining whether or not its role in the promotion and establishment of priorities for consumer education for cities…
Descriptors: City Government, City Officials, Clearinghouses, Community Action
Download full textWellisch, Jean B.; And Others – 1976
The 1974-75 in-depth study was designed and conducted as an exploratory investigation of program and contextual factors related to achievement. The study was conducted in conjunction with the National Evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The analysis of school success was guided by a conceptual model that identified four key…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
