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Beale, Angela – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2016
This article was inspired by a belief in the need to connect physical education with community-based physical activity programming in minority communities. The initial steps of this reflective narrative were described in a previous article. This article describes a program called Project Guard: Make A Splash E.N.D. (End Needless Drowning), a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Social Responsibility, Physical Education, Physical Activities
Stewart, Sarah – Independent School, 2016
Community Partnership School (CPS) serves 90 to 95 students annually in preK-5th grade. Of these, 100 percent are African American or multiracial, and all qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Community Partnership School began as a collaboration between Germantown Academy, which had trouble recruiting low-income students to its suburban…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Preschool Children, African American Students, Multiracial Persons
Barajas, Heidi Lasley; Martin, Lauren – Metropolitan Universities, 2016
This article explores shared space at the University of Minnesota's Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center (UROC), located four miles off campus in a community strong in assets, but facing inequality, disinvestment and racism. UROC's mission promotes university-community collaboration to solve critical urban challenges. We…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, School Community Programs, College Programs, Outreach Programs
Hynie, Michaela; MacNevin, Wanda; Prescod, Cheryl; Rieder, Barry; Schwartzentruber, Lorna – Metropolitan Universities, 2016
Most analyses of the success and sustainability of community-university engagement initiatives focus on the university environment. We explore the impact of changes in the larger social and political systems on the community as well as those within the university on the meaning and use of a shared community space. The York University-TD Community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Reflection, Sustainability
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Yassi, Annalee; Spiegel, Jennifer Beth; Lockhart, Karen; Fels, Lynn; Boydell, Katherine; Marcuse, Judith – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2016
Academics from diverse disciplines are recognizing not only the procedural ethical issues involved in research, but also the complexity of everyday "micro" ethical issues that arise. While ethical guidelines are being developed for research in aboriginal populations and low-and-middle-income countries, multi-partnered research…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Methodology, Indigenous Populations, Low Income Groups
Mokher, Christine; Pearson, Juliana – CNA Corporation, 2016
CNA Education served as the third-party evaluator for the Connecticut Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HL-SCI), a statewide initiative funded from September 2012 to March 2016 through a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The purpose of HL-SCI is to prepare…
Descriptors: Job Training, Veterans, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges
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Schulteis, Melinda S. – PRIMUS, 2013
Service-learning has been shown to have benefits for both students and faculty, however, it is quite rare in the mathematics classroom. At Concordia University Irvine we have established a relationship with the Village of Hope--a local non-profit organization designed to help homeless families transition to a self-sufficient status via temporary…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Mathematics Instruction
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Warren Grice, April; Parker, Laurence – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2018
The research presented in this study focuses on Educational Cultural Negotiators (ECNs). The participants were teachers, administrators, and graduate students in an after-school program in the Midwest and a community-based school/university partnership in the Western U.S. We posit that the roles of the ECNs function as advocacy leaders to invoke…
Descriptors: Advocacy, After School Programs, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Ruffalo, Rachel – Education Trust-West, 2018
Wide and persistent gaps in math achievement separate English learners from their English-proficient peers. The consequences of these gaps are severe and long lasting. Without a solid foundation in math, students are less likely to access and excel in college preparatory math and science classes in high school. Without high-level math classes in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
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McDonald, James; Dominguez, Lynn A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
The partnership between science and the environment in service-learning projects helps students to make greater connections to the world around them. Service learning provides many benefits to students, faculty, and communities within the context of a college course. However, to prevent frustration, it is important for faculty members to make a…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning
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Arrieta, Diane; Brunnick, Barbara; Plocharczyk, Leah – Public Services Quarterly, 2015
As academic libraries struggle to remain relevant when technological advancements and electronic resources threaten to make them obsolete, libraries are learning to re-invent themselves by molding and adapting staff skills to cultivate innovative outreach programs. The Science Outreach Committee of the John D. MacArthur Campus library at Florida…
Descriptors: Oceanography, Academic Libraries, Partnerships in Education, Institutional Cooperation
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Saslow Gomez, Sarah A.; Faurie-Wisniewski, Danielle; Parsa, Arlen; Spitz, Jeff; Spitz, Jennifer Amdur; Loeb, Nancy C.; Geiger, Franz M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The classroom exercise outlined here is a self-directed assignment that connects students to the environmental contamination problem surrounding the DePue Superfund site. By connecting chemistry knowledge gained in the classroom with a real-world problem, students are encouraged to personally connect with the problem while simultaneously…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Assignments, Environmental Standards, Pollution
Luecking, Richard; Deschamps, Ann; Allison, Ruth; Hyatt, Jacque; Stuart, Christy – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2015
The "gold standard" of youth outcomes is when they are achieving employment and pursuing a clear career path. The activities transition and employment initiatives, and the partnerships that support them, are most appropriately judged against this standard. This Guide presents approaches and considerations for the development and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, School Business Relationship, Evidence Based Practice
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Hoxie, Anne-Marie E.; Debellis, Lisa – Teachers College Record, 2014
This chapter describes an after-school visual and performing arts program serving middle and high school youth operated in partnership between a community-based organization and two schools in Brooklyn, New York. Data collected on the program provides evidence of participants' identity exploration and development of positive relationships and…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Middle School Students
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
In some countries, the scale of the youth illiteracy problem calls for critical and targeted responses. It is important to help young people in developing countries gain basic literacy skills so that they can contribute to the development of productive, peaceful, and democratic societies. While national commitments and support are important, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Literacy, Basic Skills
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