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Can Community Crime Monitoring Reduce Student Absenteeism? EdWorkingPaper No. 20-291
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Robert Gonzalez; Sarah Komisarow – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
In this paper we study the impact on student absenteeism of a large school-based community crime monitoring program that employed local community members to monitor and report crime on designated city blocks during students' travel to and from school. We find that the program resulted in a 0.78 percentage point reduction in the school-level…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary School Students, School Violence, Crime
Evaluation of a Family and Community Engagement Strategy in Three Ontario Communities
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Black, Glenda L.; Cantalini-Williams, Maria; Elliott-Johns, Susan E.; Wideman, Ron – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The Learning Partnership (TLP) initiated a Family and Community Engagement Strategy (FACES) initiative in three Ontario communities to foster active and responsive relationships among community partners and enhanced family engagement in transitions to school. A case study research design, grounded in participatory action research, was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Action Research, Community Involvement
Rural Schools and Community Education.
De Largy, Paul – Small School Forum, 1981
A community education project in Brooks County, Georgia, began in 1977 with five people, developed county-wide support, and now includes a community education county council, federal funding, volunteer programs, after-school programs, agricultural education (especially swine production), and a day-care center. (AN)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Education, Community Involvement, Extension Education
New Roles for Youth in the School and the Community.
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1974
This book provides descriptions of youth involvement projects that have made significant contributions to young people, their schools, and their communities. Each description is intended to provide information for starting and operating similar youth projects. They explain how a particular project began, mention the important problems encountered,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Improving Opportunities for Underachieving Minority Students: A Planning Guide for Community Action.
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Bain, Josie G.; Herman, Joan L. – 1989
This booklet offers a set of guidelines for developing a community-based coalition dedicated to improving the education of at-risk minority students. The guide offers and is organized around the following nine-step plan for the development and implementation of strategies to mobilize a community: (1) "the initiation: build core support"; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
Development of a Model Network of University/Community Team Leadership. Final Report.
Akron Univ., OH. – 1982
The development of a model network for team leadership by the University of Akron and community agencies is described. The major program objectives were to increase understanding of: interpersonal and intragroup dynamics; organizational development and collaborative planned change; and issues at the local, regional, and national levels that relate…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Role, Community Action, Community Change