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Blegen, Mary Beth – Rural Educator, 1996
1996 National Teacher of the Year--a high school teacher from rural Minnesota--reflects on the 30 years of her career and on social changes that have necessitated that her community and local schools work toward cultural understanding. The community went from a mostly white, middle-class, conservative community to one with at least six different…
Descriptors: Community Change, Cultural Awareness, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Longo, Nicholas V. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2005
This study unearths and examines rich models of learning in which multiple institutions collaboratively play a role in promoting civic education. Using historical and ethnographic case study analysis, this paper addresses the research question: What is the role of community in civic education? Specifically, the author examines Hull House and the…
Descriptors: Social Change, Public Education, Folk Schools, Civil Rights

Wagenaar, Alexander C.; Perry, Cheryl L. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1994
Proposes an integrated theory of youth drinking behavior and reviews two large-scale, randomized trial programs in Minnesota utilizing this model to help reduce adolescent drinking: (1) the Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA) project; and (2) Project Northland. Effective long-term alcohol use prevention programs require strategies…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Drinking, Early Intervention
Trujillo, Octaviana V.; Alston, Denise A. – National Education Association, 2005
On October 27, 2004, the National Education Association (NEA) joined with the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) to host "Moving from Research to Practice: A Summit on Indian Students." Over 100 American Indian and Alaska Native education practitioners and researchers from Alaska to Mississippi gathered to share their knowledge…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Empowerment, American Indian Education