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Pink, Matthew A.; Taouk, Youssef; Guinea, Stephen; Bunch, Katie; Flowers, Karen; Nightingale, Karen – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2016
University-community engagement often involves students engaging with people who experience multiple forms of disadvantage or marginalization. This is particularly true when universities work with communities in developing nations. Participation in these projects can be challenging for students. Assumptions about themselves, their professional…
Descriptors: Models, Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, School Community Relationship
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
Chapter 966, Statutes of 1970, authorized the Superintendent of Public Instruction to exempt no more than five school districts from existing statutory provisions establishing minimum class-size standards and reporting requirements. The purpose of the exemption was to enable selected districts to establish pilot programs using differentiated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Differentiated Staffs, Elementary Education
Brooks, Thomas E.; And Others – 1977
The St. Louis, Missouri, magnet schools program supported eight grade schools and two high schools. Programs in law and consumer education and ethnic heritage were also undertaken. Staff development and community involvement projects were initiated. Outcomes common to all components and outcomes of specific programs were assessed. Program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Johnson, Etta Green – Equity and Choice, 1992
Daniel Webster Accelerated School in San Francisco (California) is one of two schools adopting the process of school change developed by H. M. Levin. An interview with Levin explains his philosophy of accelerated schools characterized by (1) unity of purpose; (2) school site responsibility; and (3) building on strengths. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Community Involvement, Educational Change
Haggett, William F. – 1975
The Philadelphia Urban Education Network Project is a staff development project that deals with the problems of the urban teacher and the needs of the urban students. Project activities include workshops, conferences, open houses, and teacher exchanges, all of which involve project participants. Staff development workshops are held to aid teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Humanistic Education
Spotts, Robert; Evenson, Jill – 1977
Utilizing a pre/post test design, the progress of first year Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) students (experimental group) toward projected EBCE student outcomes was compared with that of non-EBCE students (control group) at three school sites which employ the EBCE model developed by Far West Laboratory (FWL). Also, the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement