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Helping Students Succeed: Communities Confront the Achievement Gap
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Flono, Fannie – Kettering Foundation, 2010
In 2007, the Kettering Foundation launched a nationwide, two-year research project to learn what people in communities across the nation think about the achievement gap--and what roles they see for themselves in helping young people succeed academically. The community forums, which drew more than 3,200 participants nationwide, spotlighted elements…
Descriptors: Low Income, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap
PROBLEMS OF SEGREGATION AND DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SYNOPSIS OF CONFERENCE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 3-4 1962.
HANNAH, JOHN A. – 1962
THE THREE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AT THE CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL SEGREGATION-DESEGREGATION WERE THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND DESEGREGATION, FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN PLANNING DESEGREGATION, AND PREPARATION FOR DESEGREGATION. THE SYNOPSIS SUMMARIZES THE DIVERGENT VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE PANELS AND BY SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCE…
Descriptors: Black Students, Civil Rights, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
The Study of School-Community Relationships in Urban Settings: A Discussion of the Methods Employed in the Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. School Surveys.
Nystrand, Raphael O. – 1969
Review of school-community relationsuip studies in Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, and Washington, D.C., shows that these successful undertakings were guided by several objectives. Most important among these were (1) to develop information about means of local school-community interaction and communication and their effectiveness, (2) to become…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement