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Stitt, Nichole M.; Brooks, Nancy J. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2014
Policy statements of the last two decades have directed schools to enter into partnerships with parents to enhance the social, emotional, and academic growth of their children. However, in practice and scholarship, parental involvement has been constructed as attendance to school-based activities and needs. This article draws on data from an…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Participation, Case Studies, One Parent Family
DeBray, Elizabeth; Blankenship, Ann Elizabeth – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Congress's role in defining and promoting equality of educational opportunity has evolved over the past 55 years since "Brown v. Board of Education." Most recently, all three branches of the federal government have focused more on equality of educational opportunity for "individual" students rather than for protected classes.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Government Role, Federal Government, Federal State Relationship
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act calls for partnerships across local, state, and federal levels. This document offers suggestions for community organization to achieve the national education goals. The first section includes information on forming a steering committee, creating task forces, avoiding turf battles and finger pointing, defining…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Community Support, Cooperative Planning
Riley, Richard W. – Teaching PreK-8, 1996
Claims that rigorous standards in schools will help children in navigating in the changing economy. Explains that Goals 2000 legislation, passed in 1994, can energize and expand local efforts to strengthen schools and reach high standards. Claims that teachers are the heart of educational improvement, while parents and business partners can…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Parent Participation

Knoff, Howard M. – School Psychology Review, 1996
Three areas of reform have been under national scrutiny: school reform, community services reform, and health-care reform. Few have discussed how these three areas interface and can be organized toward more effective services for children and youth. Describes organizational and planning methodology that coordinates these three reform areas into a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Community Change, Community Role
1995
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act is based on the notion of building individual community strengths, creating partnerships, and developing world-class standards for every child. Individuals interested in helping to put the act's educational objectives into action at the local level will find suggestions in this document. The publication contains…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Support, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Caputo, Charles R. – Teaching Music, 1994
Discusses the community service requirement for high school graduation in Maryland. Contends it enhances arts instruction and highlights student accomplishments. Describes a program in which performing arts students meet the requirements through participation in concerts, art shows, and similar community-based activities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Choral Music, Federal Programs, Graduation Requirements
Chow, Stanley; And Others – 1994
The standards-driven approach to school reform, exemplified by Goals 2000, shows promise for unifying contemporary efforts by affecting change at the classroom, school, and community levels. The special aspects of the rural context, particularly distance and low population density, set it apart from the urban and suburban schools on which most…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Consortia, Educational Change
Zaslow, Martha; Calkins, Julia; Halle, Tamara; Zaff, Jonathan; Margie, Nancy Geyelin – 2000
Noting that many communities in the United States have set the ambitious goal of enhancing school readiness, this report is intended to help communities invest wisely in school readiness initiatives. Part 1 of the report summarizes recommendations from the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) for defining and assessing school readiness. The core…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Health
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. – 1995
This action guide reflects the discussions and recommendations of the Goals 2000 Education Action Planning Process. The booklet includes a summary checklist of critical actions that must be taken by those working at the national, state, and local levels to advance the arts in the Goals 2000 education improvement process. The sections of the…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Directories, Educational Improvement
Riley, Richard W. – Principal, 1994
Renewed emphasis on parent and community involvement is critical to success of Goals 2000. U.S. Department of Education is working with broad-based coalition of parent and education groups on new Family Involvement Initiative that will facilitate cooperation of parents and families with schools and communities. Schools succeed best by making…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Services
Flanigan, Carolyn B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2005
School, parent and community partnerships have become an educational priority at both the state and federal levels. If teacher education programs are to meet the goals of the Illinois Professional Standards, the objectives of the federal Goals 2000, and the accreditation standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, School Community Relationship, Teacher Educators
Wong, Ovid K.; Lam, Ming-Long – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
Education reforms such as "A Nation at Risk" and "Goals 2000" have come and gone. However, we can be confident that the goal of student improvement shall not pass if the core mission is student learning. The true mission of learning has prompted educators to ponder the following questions: How do we need each student to behave?…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Student Improvement, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
Arons, Stephen – 1997
Goals 2000 was developed in the face of a barrage of criticism of the public schools by people with the best of intentions and with great hopes for the future of American education. The effects of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act cannot match its supporters' intentions and its implementation threatens to escalate conflict over schooling. Goals…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Democracy, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Belair, Jerome R. – School Business Affairs, 1995
The Goals 2000 Act creates a framework for establishing high academic and skill standards. Offers ideas and suggestions for creating a community or school strategy to reach the National Education Goals. Lists key questions that require answers and ways that central office staff members can provide assistance to the local school site. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education