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Multigenerational Art Making at a Community School: A Case Study of Transformative Parent Engagement
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Kane, Kevin M.; Quartz, Karen Hunter; Kunisaki, Lindsey T. – Harvard Educational Review, 2021
In this article, Kevin M. Kane, Karen Hunter Quartz, and Lindsey T. Kunisaki describe the transformative parent engagement fostered in a multigenerational afterschool arts program at a community school. Community schools bring together families, teachers, and other neighborhood partners to help students learn, grow, and thrive and often integrate…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Community Schools, Art Education, Intergenerational Programs
Intergenerational Community Schools: A New Practice for a New Time.
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Whitehouse, Peter J.; Bendezu, Eve; FallCreek, Stephanie; Whitehouse, Catherine – Educational Gerontology, 2000
A proposed intergenerational learning community is a model for a charter school focused on literacy, artistic studies, technology, environment, and personal wellness. Instructional design includes nongraded, multiage, heterogeneous groupings with flexible looping to support individualized learning. Mentoring and apprenticeships will be featured.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Charter Schools, Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Building a Movement for Community Schools.
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Tirozzi, Gerald N. – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
Most teenagers are hungry for more interactions with adults and for new, challenging experiences. The community-school approach supports young people's academic, social, and interpersonal goals by creating learning and caring connections in and out of class, before and after school, using a community's total resources. (MLH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Community Schools, Community Services, Educational Philosophy
Improving Schools, Strengthening Families and Communities: The Vision Statement of the Coalition for Community Schools.
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NASSP Bulletin, 1999
In community schools, youth, families, and community residents work as equal partners with schools and other organizations to develop programs and services in five areas: quality education, youth development, family support, family and community engagement, and community development. Community schools foster strong partnerships and share…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Educational Improvement
A High-Tech Magnet for Seniors.
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Lensch, John E. – Educational Leadership, 1997
A large portion of the general public, including senior citizens, feels disconnected from local schools. Some seniors see little reason to support tax increases to provide public education's programs and services. Highland Park Learning Center, in Roanoke City, Virginia, has brought retirees back with an innovative program that teaches basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Schools, Community Services, Computer Literacy
Living Traditions--A Teacher's Guide: Teaching Local History Using State and National Learning Standards.
Skelding, Mark; Kemple, Martin; Kiefer, Joseph – 2001
This guide is designed to take teachers through a step-by-step process for developing an integrated, standards-based curriculum that focuses on the stories, history, folkways, and agrarian traditions of the local community. Such a place-based curriculum helps students to become culturally literate, makes learning relevant and engaging, draws on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Activities, Community Schools, Cultural Literacy