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Wiley, Marcia Siam – Clearing, 1996
Describes a community building self-assessment tool which allows schools to continuously assess community outreach efforts and serves as a guide for outreach planning. Broad findings are reported along with implications at the state level. This article is a Washington Environmental Education Model Schools Program final report. (AIM)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Kool, Richard – Clearing, 1992
Explores the need for school-based environmental education assessment in Canada. Proposes a process that begins with describing how to foster environmental literacy. Suggests that a commitment be made to create a sound environmental ethic and to educate with the purpose of creating environmentally literate and responsible citizens. (MCO)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Ballard, Crystie; Tong, Collin; Usher, Laurie – Clearing, 1998
Describes an urban environmental stewardship project undertaken by students at a Seattle public school in an effort to make their school more beautiful, their environment more healthy, and their learning more tangible. In partnership with neighbors and the community, students transformed a section of the school grounds into a garden refuge.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education


