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Download full textFrizzell, Matthew; Rentner, Diane Stark; Kober, Nancy; Braun, Matthew; Ferguson, Maria – Center on Education Policy, 2017
This report serves as a legacy document for the Ford Foundation's More and Better Learning Time (MBLT) initiative. It summarizes the approaches to and outcomes and challenges of successful MBLT strategies around the country. The report includes data from a survey for Ford Foundation MBLT grantees across the country and from case studies in Denver,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Case Studies, Grants
Stoelinga, Sara Ray; Joyce, Katie; Silk, Yael – President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 2013
This interim progress report provides a look at Turnaround Arts schools in their first year, including: (1) a summary of the evaluation design and research questions; (2) a preliminary description of strategies used to introduce the arts in Turnaround Arts schools; and (3) a summary of school reform indicators and student achievement data at…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Art Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Indicators
Gittell, Marilyn; And Others – 1979
These appendices include the data upon which "Citizen Organizations: A Study of Citizen Participation in Educational Decisionmaking--Final Research Report" (UD 019 754) was based. Data are provided on the variables which shaped the character and role of community organizations concerned with the school systems and school policies of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Comparative Analysis
Mediratta, Kavitha; Fruchter, Norm; Lewis, Anne C. – 2002
This report examines the work of 66 community groups organizing to improve public education in low-performing schools and districts. These largely local, community-based organizations focus on engaging public school parents, low-income families, and students in school improvement efforts. Their goals are to build political power and to challenge…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Delgado, Melvin; Rivera, Hilda – 1996
This study examined a sample of 24 Puerto Rican families from two kindergarten and first grade bilingual classes at the Blackstone School in the South End of Boston. The typical family in the sample was headed by a woman aged 32.9, with three preschool and elementary school age children. The typical mother arrived from Puerto Rico in 1974, and has…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations, Cross Cultural Studies
Vaughan, Jerry L. – 1984
Focusing on the period from June, 1984 through November, 1984, this report summarizes the activities of the Gulf Coast Future Issues Council (GCFIC), a non-profit corporation organized as a coordination center of community research, forecasting, trend analysis, and educational activities. After introductory material that highlights the role of the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development
