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Increasing Parent and Community Involvement in Schools: The Importance of Educators' Beliefs.

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Storer, John H. – Community Education Journal, 1995

Eleven focus groups with teachers and administrators in rural Iowa revealed that educators perceive many parents as uninterested, unable, or unwilling to be involved in schools and having unrealistic expectations of the school's role. They believe the door is open for parental involvement and perceive a relationship between parent participation…

Descriptors: Community Involvement, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation

Making the Link: Service-Learning and Community Education--A Tri-State Partnership.

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Potts, Stanley J.; Herrity, Joe; Bucher, Marlys; Fehsenfeld, Lizanne – Community Education Journal, 1998

The Tri-State Initiative is a collaboration for service learning linking the Iowa Department of Education; Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning; and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Six demonstration schools are restructuring using service learning methodology. (SK)

Descriptors: Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, School Restructuring