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Clasby, Miriam – 1979
This report is a series of interviews with fifteen citizens experienced in school community relations at five different sites across the nation. A background section presents the rationale for and the design of these interviews and introduces the participants. The greater portion of the report presents a summary of and commentary on the interviews…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Control
American Home Economics Association, Washington, DC. – 1965
WORK WITH LOW INCOME FAMILIES HAS BEEN PART OF THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF THE AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION (AHEA) SINCE ITS INCEPTION. A NATIONAL WORKSHOP WAS ATTENDED BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL, TEACHER-EDUCATORS, EXTENSION WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PERSONS WITH RELATED INTERESTS. TEXTS OF THE…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Action, Consumer Economics, Disadvantaged Youth
Grosser, Charles F. – 1968
The report describes six projects supported by the Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development and employing community action to combat juvenile delinquency: the Mobilization for Youth on New York City's lower East Side; the Syracuse Crusade for Opportunity in Syracuse, New York; the United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C.; Houston…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Organizations
Altschuld, James W.; Terry, Terese – 1977
Based on a case study of training programs in Ohio community action agencies which serve economically disadvantaged youth from ages 14 to 21, this document contains a collection of innovative ideas and programs. The programs presented are divided into three main sections: in-school programs, out-of-school programs, and other ideas. Most of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Community Action, Community Organizations
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Boardman, Richard; Brandt, Linda – 1968
METCO is a nonprofit organization that provides screening, placement, and busing services for Negro children (K-12) from predominantly black schools in Boston to predominantly white schools in 16 of the cities and towns surrounding Boston. All of the students, representing a variety of academic, socioeconomic, and family backgrounds, volunteer for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Civil Rights, Community Action
National Inst. of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1973
This monograph presents a variety of approaches to the handling of juvenile offenders, with an emphasis on diverting the juvenile from the criminal justice system. Papers cover the community-based treatment of juveniles in Massachusetts, diversion of juvenile offenders--as a new term used for new directions, human development and treatment…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Role, Correctional Rehabilitation
Lippitt, Ronald O. – 1969
This paper develops a conceptual framework as a guide for research analysis and the designing of experimental interventions aimed at the improvement of the socialization process of the community. Socialization agents are the parents, older and like-age peers, formal education agencies, churches, leisure time child and youth serving agencies, legal…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Development, Community Education
American Freedom from Hunger Foundation, Washington, DC. Young World Development. – 1972
This handbook, suggestive rather than prescriptive, is written for Young World Development and/or similar groups committed to active involvement in community, national, and world improvement. Emphasis is upon organizing high school, college, and adult courses and action programs in the community which will help sensitize participants and make them…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
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Johnson, William A., Jr.; And Others – Urban League Review, 1988
Describes the Rochester Education Initiative, sponsored by the Urban League of Rochester, New York, whose goals are to inform the community of the crisis of low academic achievement in the public schools, and to involve the total community in a set of strategies to correct the problem. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Community, Black Education, Black Leadership
Welton, Michael R. – 2001
This book examines the life of the Reverend Moses Michael Coady (1890-1959), a Roman Catholic priest who led the Antigonish Movement. During the Antigonish Movement, residents of the small maritime town of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, worked to achieve a nonviolent alternative to communism and fascism and to effect the social and economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Biographies, Catholics
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
Community-based organizations (CBOs) can help students gain a broad understanding of the relationship between education, work, and community. CBOs are frequently able to expand the scope of school-to-work by providing opportunities for young people to address community issues and by incorporating a unique youth perspective into the development of…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Education, Community Organizations
Nash, Andy; Smith, Cristine – 2000
This guide provides step-by-step activities for facilitators to run a discussion and planning meeting with a group of people interested in learning about and taking action related to the Adult Literacy Summit Action Agenda. It is intended for groups such as literacy coalitions, program staff, state-level staff, or other governmental and nonprofit…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Action, Educational Planning
Florida Univ., Gainesville. Inst. of Food and Agricultural Sciences. – 2002
The Conversation on Youth Development in the 21st Century was convened around the nation to draw together youth and adults to discuss youth development priorities at the local, state, and national levels. Convened by the local 4-H program and involving community partners from outside 4-H, county conversations were held in 38 of Florida's 67…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescent Development, Agricultural Education, Citizen Participation
Clark, Gail – 2000
These Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) state action plans were initially developed in 1998 for the central regional states, which include Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. They detail the states' specific technical assistance needs, as well as the services to be provided by Mid-Continent…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Stephens, Jason M.; Colby, Anne; Ehrlich, Tom; Beaumont, Elizabeth – 2000
This paper grows out of a project under the auspices of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching which seeks to strengthen the means for American higher education to prepare morally thoughtful, committed, and socially responsible citizens. This study examines the experiences of three institutions that recognize the importance of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, College Role, College Students
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