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Woelfel, Kay – Principal, 1994
Inclusion is not an economy move but a way to meet children's special needs in regular, age-appropriate classroom, with provision for a full continuum of support services and no admittance prerequisites. An even more appropriate approach is infusion--across-the-board representation of all students in all schools, regardless of their individual…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Support, Disabilities, Elementary Education
McKenzie, Jennifer – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1993
The Green Spaces Project in Lincoln County (Ontario) allows elementary students to develop habitats on or near school property to attract wildlife back to the city. Success of the project is attributed to community support and the hiring of a coordinator. (KS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Support, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Fulbright, Harriet Mayor; Deasy, Richard J. – Principal, 1999
Many districts (like District 28 in Tempe, Arizona) that made major cuts in their arts programs in the 1980s have rebuilt them only to be challenged by burgeoning student populations. Some, like one Colorado district, have begun sharing arts facilities with community organizations. Community support is essential. (MLH)
Descriptors: Art Education, Classroom Design, Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education
Spielberger, Julie; Lyons, Sandra; Gouvea, Marcia; Haywood, Thomas; Winje, Carolyn – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2007
The Children's Services Council (CSC) of Palm Beach County commissioned Chapin Hall Center for Children to conduct a longitudinal study to examine the effects of this service system on children and families. The goal of the longitudinal study is to describe the characteristics and needs of families the service system is intended to serve, how they…
Descriptors: Social Services, Child Development, Prevention, Early Intervention
McCulloch, Michelle – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
For more than 40 years, Penta Career Center in Perrysburg, Ohio, has successfully served thousands of high school students and adults from Northwest Ohio. Calling a converted 1949 United States Army Depot building home, Penta serves students from 16 surrounding school districts, and offers programs in six core areas: arts and communications;…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Technical Education, Community Support, Adult Education
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Meilman, Philip W.; Hall, Tanni M. – Journal of American College Health, 2006
Colleges and universities need to be prepared to address the psychological impact of tragedies on their campuses. In this article, the author describes the development and successful implementation of campus postvention services in the aftermath of college student deaths by suicide as well as by natural and accidental causes. The program has been…
Descriptors: Campuses, Suicide, Community Support, College Students
Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Raleigh. – 1990
The experiences and expertise of many individuals and organizations who have successfully implemented an arts facility development program are described. Some recommendations came from interviews with people involved in various phases of arts facility development. Other recommendations came from a retreat held in 1989 where representatives of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Artists, Arts Centers, Budgeting
Swanson, Beverly B. – 1991
Questions that the general public may have about the six national educational goals formulated by President Bush and the U.S. state governors in 1990 and the administration's plan for educational reform are addressed in this digest. Ten questions and brief answers are presented in the following areas: defining the goals; the attainability,…
Descriptors: Community Support, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Morley, Daniel F. – 1984
Collaboration between schools and businesses in Boston is now nearly a decade old. The most significant achievement of this partnership is the Boston Compact, a formal agreement between the Superintendent of Boston public schools and the Boston business community establishing that the schools will work to achieve annual percentage increases in…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Coordination, Community Support, Educational Improvement
Decker, Robert – American School Board Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Needs, Public Opinion
Lovick, Sharon R.; Wesson, Wanda F. – 1986
Information about operational school-based clinic programs is provided in this pamphlet. Characteristics of school-based clinics include comprehensive services, a multidisciplinary team approach, a community resource network, school location, adolescent reproductive health services, and traditional health institution management. A list of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Clinics, Community Support
National School Safety Center, Malibu, CA. – 1988
Creating a positive school climate and developing a fair and consistently enforced discipline system are fundamental steps in making school campuses safe places in which to learn and work. This book is designed to assist in the strategic planning of effective school safety by helping a school to analyze where one is, where one should go, and how…
Descriptors: Community Support, Discipline Policy, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Kopecek, Robert – 1980
In the 1980's, the well-being and enhancement of community colleges will require not only instructional and programmatic excellence, but also a well conceived, continuous, and systematic program of public information to foster and maintain community support for the institution. The college president must create the climate, establish the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Support, Information Dissemination, Institutional Advancement
Huckabee, Johnni – 1982
A Jonesboro, Arkansas project was designed and implemented to increase the awareness of vocational education, increase community support and involvement in vocational education, and establish improved communication in the vocational-technical education field. Interaction between the vocational-technical school and the local school community was a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Public Relations, Publicity
Garner, W. Harold; Shapton, Karen – 1985
Between 1983 and 1984, tax referenda for Sauk Valley College (SVC) were on the ballot three times. Research conducted before and after the tax referendum failed to pass in November 1983 provided the basis for strategy enhancement that brought SVC closer to its goal in March 1984 and finally to the achievement of the goal in November. In October…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Support, Elections, Political Issues
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