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Blake, Amy – 2000
Wyoming is the least populous of the 50 states--less than half a million people share a territory of 95,000 square miles, which translates to about one person for every five square miles. Given this geographic reality, the challenges that all national service programs face in recruiting volunteers, building community involvement, and sustaining…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Literacy
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Nelson, Murry; Singleton, H. Wells – Social Studies Journal, 1975
The author discusses the use of oral history in social studies classrooms K-12. The validity of oral history and problems to solve are examined; the Native American Oral History Project is described as an example of an oral history teaching technique. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Case Studies, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Peters, Richard O. – 1978
One of 10 sites chosen for multi-year funding under the National Institute of Education's rural Experimental Schools Program (ES), the New Hampshire School Supervisory Union 58 ES Project was a community-based effort, serving 3 autonomous school districts and operative between July 1973-July 1978. Serving a total population of 3,816, the project…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Arts, Education, and Americans, Inc., New York, NY. – 1980
This monograph stresses the importance of art education in elementary and secondary schools and explains how school/community partnership in the arts can help keep arts education programs alive. Part of a series containing background information on arts programs in schools, this document is intended to aid individuals and school art advocacy…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Artists, Case Studies
Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC. – 1978
This pilot-year report comments on the efficiency and current status of strategies for improved urban education. By pooled judgement and survey methodologies, program data from thirty cities, student interviews from site visits, and study team observations of five city districts (Atlanta, Dallas, Milwaukee, Oakland and Toledo) are examined. Urban…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
Ashley, William L.; Zahniser, Gale L. – 1984
This report, one in a series of three publications for vocational program developers and others to use in planning and developing a community-based response to worker dislocation, deals with programs for dislocated workers that have been developed and supported by private sector and local community efforts and resources. Reviewed in the first…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Case Studies, Community Education, Community Programs
Langton, Kim, Comp. – 1981
This book contains 54 articles providing examples of how to involve the public, home, and community effectively in an educational partnership. It consists of four sections. In the first section various aspects of encouraging parent involvement are addressed, including using television to improve family relationships, bridging the gap between…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Change Strategies