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Download full textMcAfee, Michael; Torre, Mauricio – Voices in Urban Education, 2015
In this article, Michael McAfee and Mauricio Torre reflect on the successes and challenges of the Promise Neighborhoods movement as it works toward education equity, and on what it takes to effect large-scale, sustainable change for low-income communities and communities of color. Together they discuss the Chula Vista Promise Neighborhood project…
Descriptors: Neighborhood Improvement, Success, Programs, Equal Education
Lynn, Laurence E., Jr.; Seidl, John M. – Harvard Business Review, 1977
Discusses the potential of the "cooperative agency management system," a new management system based on the budgeting process that has been adopted at both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (Author/JG)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Budgeting, Community Organizations, Federal Programs
Massachusetts 2020, 2008
Our children deserve an education that fully prepares them for the future--success in college, the workforce and a healthy, fulfilled life. The Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative is redesigning and expanding the school schedule to offer children new learning and enrichment opportunities. With state resources, participating…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement, Community Organizations, College School Cooperation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1977
Provided are the statements presented to the United States Congress in February and March, 1977, on the proposed extention of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Included is testimony on the progress of the child abuse prevention and treatment effort and recommendations from representatives of private and public agencies and institutions…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Community Organizations, Exceptional Child Services
Kimbrough, Jackie; Hyman, James – 1978
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) of 1972 authorizes grants or contracts to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to support the LEAs' efforts to desegregate or to reduce minority group isolation or its effects. The NPO program is a small component of ESAA which provides financial assistance to community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Desegregation Methods
Prather, Margaret Boyce – 1982
The final report of a five-year federally-funded bilingual education program in four schools of the the Sunnyside School District in Tucson, Arizona, is presented. The following areas are addressed: (1) student enrollment patterns, (2) the instructional program for kindergarten through fifth grade and its development, (3) staff development efforts…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Organizations
National Manpower Inst., Washington, DC. – 1978
This report reviews legislatively mandated linkages between prime sponsors and local education agencies (LEAs) in providing employment, education, and training for youth. The legislation discussed includes (1) the 1977 Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), (2) the Young Adult Conservation Corps, (3) the Youth Incentive…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
1972
This manual presents background information and administrative techniques which are intended to strengthen youth programs and interorganization coordination with the Youth Development Program (YDP) and the Community Action Agency (CAA). The content is in four sections. The section on program definitions includes definitions, history, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
Williams, E. Belvin; Tannenbaum, Robert S. – 1967
A 1967 evaluation of New York City's Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) educational enrichment program presents the objectives and the methods of implementation of the Board of Education and the local community agencies which administered the project. Criticized are the diversity of the program objectives, the lack of provision for a specified…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Community Organizations
Bailey, C. J., Comp. – 1973
This handbook was prepared for the Adult Basic Education (ABE) teacher to provide information on the public services and programs administered by Federal, State, and local governmental agencies, including private, civic, and community organizations through which the needs of ABE students may be met. A cross-index is provided, including the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Directories
National Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This is the second report concerning how Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) sponsors implemented two programs under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), specifically the Youth Community Conservation Improvement Projects (YCCIP) and Youth Employment and Training Program (YETP). The report is based on studies by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences. – 1978
This volume contains nine case studies describing the initial two-year experiences of local governments in implementing the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA). (An earlier volume published eight similar area studies on the transition from federally centralized to decentralized manpower programs.) Written by resident field…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
CARO, FRANCIS G. – 1966
TWO APPROACHES WERE USED IN STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) ON MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN -- (1) IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OPERATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN ITS WORK FLOW, AND (2) IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN THE YOUTH AND POVERTY AREAS (SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY,…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Study, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Experience
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
The following were examined: (1) the Department of Transportation's (DOT) efforts to evaluate the Job Access and Reverse Commute (Job Access) program; (2) transportation and related services provided by Job Access; (3) whether the program fosters collaboration between grantees and others in the design, financing, and delivery of those services;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Agency Cooperation, Block Grants
