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Ezekiel Dixon-Roman; Edmund W. Gordon – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
While much is known about the critical importance of educative experiences outside of school, little is known about the social systems, community programs, and everyday practices that can facilitate learning outside of the classroom. "Thinking Comprehensively About Education" sheds much-needed light on those systems, programs, and…
Descriptors: Education, Social Systems, Economics, Foreign Countries
Carroll, Becky; Smith, Anita; Castori, Pam – Inverness Research, 2009
The Exploratorium is home to XTech, a science education program which began in 2006 and was primarily funded by a three-year National Science Foundation grant (Award # 05-25217) through its ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) initiative. XTech provided project-based afterschool activities in science, engineering,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Field Trips, Summative Evaluation, Outreach Programs
Cota-Robles, Eugene; Doby, Winston – 1987
Two conference papers describing various collaborative arrangements within the educational community among teachers, students and others are presented in this document. The first paper, "Successful Collaborations" (Eugene Cota-Robles), describes the following projects in California that seek to forge collaborations to improve the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Sizemore, Barbara; And Others – 1987
A group of three conference papers, all addressing effective instructional programs, is presented in this document. The first paper, entitled "The Organization--A Viable Instrument for Progress" (Barbara Sizemore), addresses the subject of high-achieving, predominantly black elementary schools. Routines in these schools not present in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Black Culture