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Direct linkMiller, Peter M. – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: This study contributes to the literature on the schooling of homeless and highly mobile students. Although previous work has detailed the demographics of homelessness, the effects of homelessness on academic progress, and particular legal issues in homeless education, this research focused on how individual and institutional…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Urban Areas
Warren, Mark R.; Hong, Soo; Rubin, Carolyn Heang; Uy, Phitsamay Sychitkokhong – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Parent involvement in education is widely recognized as important, yet it remains weak in many communities. One important reason for this weakness is that urban schools have grown increasingly isolated from the families and communities they serve. Many of the same neighborhoods with families who are disconnected from public…
Descriptors: Community Development, Urban Schools, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Krasner, Michael Alan; Pierre-Louis, Francois – Education and Urban Society, 2009
A college-based program that combines training, direct support, and technical assistance was found to produce significant gains in bonding and bridging social capital and key political attributes among low-income, minority, and immigrant groups organizing to enhance their power to influence public school politics and policies in New York City.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Capital, Community Organizations, Activism
Seal, Kathy – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
In this article, the author features the Middle College High School (MCHS), which grants teenagers a judicious mix of freedom and structure as it propels them toward adulthood. MCHS allows students to take courses at LaGuardia Community College, and is also piloting a program in which students stay a thirteenth year and graduate with an Associate…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, High School Students, Urban Areas, Models
Download full textWillcockson, Mary – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
Since any good citizen wants to know how his Government works, as an initial experience it is necessary to become acquainted with the setting--Washington, D. C. This bulletin serves as in introduction to the Capital. It provides an historical and a present-day background for appreciating the city. What kind of a community is Washington? Why does…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Federal Government, Vignettes
Willcockson, Mary – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
Since any good citizen wants to know how his Government works, as an initial experience it is necessary to become acquainted with the setting--Washington, D. C. This bulletin serves as an introduction to the Capital. It provides an historical and a present-day background for appreciating the city. What kind of a community is Washington? Why does…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Federal Government, Vignettes
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
This 1918-1919 educational directory published by the Bureau of Education covers the following topic areas: (1) United States Bureau of Education; (2) Department of State: Educational activities; (3) Department of War: Military educational activities; (4) Department of the Navy: Naval educational activities; (5) Department of the Interior:…
Descriptors: Females, Vocational Education, Organizations (Groups), Agriculture
