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Rosner, Henry Zacharias – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1974
Describes improvements in the guidance program at one high school after three major changes were instituted to attain greater flexibility. The changes were: (1) allowing students to choose their counselors; (2) allowing counselors to arrange their own schedules; and (3) recruiting volunteers from the community to help with clerical duties. (HMV)
Descriptors: Community Support, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Guidance Programs
New Orleans Public Schools, LA. – 1968
The present paper discusses the need for a sex and family life education program in the schools, problems encountered in planning such a program, and the steps taken by the Orleans Parish Schools, New Orleans, Louisiana, to establish community support and implement such a program. The first report presents the findings of a sample survey of 500…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Support, Community Surveys, Curriculum Development
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
This booklet is one of 34 in a series on childhood education programs in support of a White House Conference on Children, December 1970. The Goldsboro Program included 1,165 first, second, and third grade pupils in ungraded classes at seven schools. The pamphlet describes how the classroom organization and atmosphere, the instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Community Support, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Harlacher, Ervin L. – 1974
The author suggests three ways which, when considered together, provide an operational definition of the community-based, performance-oriented community college. The first way is through expanded access to further education; the second, creation of a community renewal college; and the third is through a new difinition of the teaching/learning…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community, Community Benefits, Community Colleges
Sternhell, Robert – 1970
This study explores the hypotheses that as a consequence of an increase in extra-educational functions assumed by school districts, the interaction between educational and community leadership groups would increase and that community leaders would be more supportive of educational innovations. Researchers attempted to discover if community leaders…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavioral Science Research, Community Leaders, Community Support
Ledbetter, Theodore, Jr.; Mendelson, Gilbert – 1972
Viewing cable television systems as a new communications system rather than just another business, this handbook provides a variety of information designed for local officials who must make knowledgeable public interest decisions. After a critical history of franchising procedures and a discussion of the naivete of local governments, the specific…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Planning, Community Support, Federal Government
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Garbarino, James; Crouter, Ann – Child Development, 1978
Presents the results of studies designed to illustrate the use of child maltreatment report data as social indicators of the quality of life for families. Focuses on the reported incidence of child abuse and neglect at two levels of neighborhood analysis within a single metropolitan county. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Support, Demography, Family Environment
Slack, Georgia – American Education, 1978
An estimated 10,000 volunteers of all ages and backgrounds perform many kinds of jobs each year in the Dade County (Florida) school system. Recruitment and training of volunteers, organization and operation, and the various programs are described in the article. (MF)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Support, County School Districts, Program Descriptions
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Mattox, Beverly; Rich, Dorothy – Theory Into Practice, 1977
The Home and School Institute operates to develop specific, easy, low cost, practical ways to share educational accountability between home and school, and to develop ways in which schools can enhance school-community interaction. (MB)
Descriptors: Community Support, Home Instruction, Learning Activities, Parent Role
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Pitman, Mary Anne – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1988
Life history interview tracked the movement of five middle-class women attending classes through a continuing education center for women. The center facilitated their movement through developmental stages but hampered their movement between stages, their abandonment of old social roles, and their construction of new roles. (BJV)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Community Support, Continuing Education, Developmental Stages
Seefeldt, Robert A.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1986
Ten articles suggest ways to make youth farming organizations attractive to current students and adults. The organization's roles of teaching, training, providing leadership experience and activities are discussed. Also includes tips on promotion, change, and membership building, and a trends survey. (CH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Community Support, Group Activities, Leadership Training
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Buturusis, Diane – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1984
A strong physical education program depends on support from parents and community. Information can be offered to the public by instituting community programs and demonstrating student benefits and through the media. (DF)
Descriptors: Community Support, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Program Effectiveness
Gray, Sandra T. – School Business Affairs, 1984
The advantages of volunteer programs including school business partnerships are described, among which are cutting costs, improving productivity, increasing student achievement, and expanding community support. Hints for successful implementation are offered. (MJL)
Descriptors: Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Productivity
Watt, Patrick – 2001
Currently, Africa stands out as the world's poorest and most educationally deprived region. Where communities are empowered to identify their own needs and priorities, participate in decisions about resource allocation, and hold education providers accountable for ensuring that children receive a minimum acceptable standard of education, schooling…
Descriptors: Community Role, Community Support, Decentralization, Developing Nations
Prince George's Community Coll., Largo, MD. Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. – 1997
This market analysis summarizes recent research into Prince George's Community College's (PGCC) image as perceived by business leaders, high school students, and adult county residents at large. PGCC and its leadership are not widely known in the corporate community. Business leaders who are familiar with PGCC hold favorable views about the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Community Support, Consumer Economics
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