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Supporting Immigrant Families and Rural Schools: The Boundary-Spanning Possibilities of an Adult ESL Program
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Shiffman, Catherine Dunn – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2019
Purpose: There has been a significant increase in the number of immigrant families moving to rural communities across the United States. Yet limited research exists that explores relationships between immigrant families and schools in these communities. Rural school districts are often challenged by insufficient resources, expertise, and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Rural Schools, English (Second Language), Family School Relationship
Growing PreK-12 Educators through a Partnership of School Districts and a Regional University
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Russell, Brenda A.; Kirk, Jeffrey L.; Eddings, Bobbie J.; Farris, L. Ann – Journal of School Public Relations, 2013
In central Texas and regions across the country, community leaders are calling for university-community engagement, including development of structures for community-based research and service learning. Including the community in decision making regarding continuing professional education serves as a link between universities such as Texas A&M…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Faculty Development, College School Cooperation, School Districts
An Evaluation of The Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative Community Education Project of Tazewell, Tennessee as Part II of The National Community Education Evaluation.
Rose, Harold – 1980
This report is part of the National Community Education Evaluation effort, which sought to identify problems in implementing community education (1) in rural areas and (2) through an Educational Cooperative. The rural area involved is first discussed. Each of the four main project objectives are then presented, and activities to meet them are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation
Issues of Parent Involvement and Literacy. Executive Summary of the Symposium Held at Trinity College (Washington, D.C. June 6-7, 1986).
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Simich-Dudgeon, Carmen, Ed. – 1986
The symposium on Issues of Parent Involvement and Literacy marked the culmination of a collaborative project of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and the Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools to reach out to limited-English-proficient (LEP) parents. This was accomplished by providing cultural and language information so that parents could become…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement
NWREL Experience-Based Career Education Program. FY 76 Final Evaluation Report.
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Owens, Thomas R.; Haenn, Joseph F. – 1976
Evaluation conducted during the 1975-76 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education, (CE)2, and the five NWREL EBCE pilot…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Educational Objectives
NWREL Experience-Based Career Education Program. FY 75 Final Evaluation Report.
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Owens, Thomas; And Others – 1975
Evaluation conducted during the 1974-75 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education (CE)2, and various EBCE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Case Studies, Daily Living Skills