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Hands, Catherine M. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Partnerships between schools, families, and communities provide a support net for each student and play a role in promoting academic success (Epstein, 1995; Shapiro, Ginsberg, & Brown, 2002) and moral development. This article is based on a qualitative study of a secondary school with numerous partnerships selected from a southern Ontario…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Values Education
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Coleman, Don; Lawrence, John – Rural Educator, 1984
Suggests school boards separate from day-to-day administrative operations, concentrate on futuristic five-year plans, and work with a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) in subgroups to study all areas of responsibility in order to respond to rising median population age and emerging high-tech society. Would provide optimum accountability and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Community Involvement