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Colfer, A. Michael; Colfer, Carol J. Pierce – 1979
The federal Experimental Schools (ES) project was not successful in the rural school district of Quilcene, Washington. The ES project was not helped by the pervasive and powerful social split between "public employees" and "locals." Each group had its own world-views, values, symbols, and life styles, and the school provided an…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Grade Placement, Age Groups, Athletics
Golub, Lester S.; Frye, Edward T. – 1977
Since 1971, the Bayfield School has received federal funds to conduct an Urban/Rural School Development Program. The five major components of the program were staff development through the use of independent consultants and university personnel, community involvement, bicultural awareness, learning resource center development, and school equipment…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, American Indians, Attitudes, Biculturalism
Download full textHarris, J. John, III; Ogle, Terry – 1977
The paper presents a detailed overview of educational policymaking and discusses the need for minority groups to be involved in policy formation. The first section describes the distinguishing characteristics of the main elements of the functions of administration and policymaking process. The second section examines the following three models of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Community Control
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
Intended for use by council and staff members as well as individuals in communities that are considering forming or joining an education work council, this report discusses the nature, function, and growth and development of work education councils and examines the collaborative processes that councils engage in. The education and work council…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement
Oakton Community Coll., Morton Grove, IL. – 1980
A community impact study was conducted by Oakton Community College (OCC) in Fall 1979 to determine how representative samples of six constituent groups learned about OCC; the benefits they perceived in having a community college in the area; their awareness of and satisfaction with OCC programs and services; and ways in which OCC could be…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business, College Programs, College Role
Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. – 1978
A statewide career education needs assessment was conducted to evaluate career education in Rhode Island. Items in ten areas (self-awareness, career awareness, attitude development, educational awareness, daily living skills, stereotype elimination, career planning and decision-making skills, information, career exploration, and career…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Cavenaugh, David N.; And Others – 1977
The five parts of this report present the findings and recommendations of the Migrant Child Welfare study. Part I briefly summarizes the impact of the child welfare services and the family interview results, and reviews the organizational structure of program delivery at the state and local levels. Part II synthesizes the information obtained from…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Castleton, Geraldine; McDonald, Marya – 2002
The different perceptions of literacy that inform the work of various groups working with disadvantaged groups within society were explored in a case study in which individuals providing services to low-skilled, disadvantaged clients in an outer urban area of Brisbane, Australia, were interviewed regarding their perceptions of their clients'…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Grummon, Phyllis T. H. – 1994
A longitudinal study examined the factors affecting the long-term success of a midwestern tech prep consortium consisting of one community college and four counties with a mix of rural, urban, and suburban communities. The study was designed to identify the effects of systematic change over time from the following perspectives: students' skill…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas), Articulation (Education), Attitude Change
Oakton Community Coll., Morton Grove, IL. – 1980
Materials are provided that relate to a community impact study that was conducted by Oakton Community College (OCC) in Fall 1979 to determine how members of six constituent groups learned about OCC; the benefits they perceived in having a community college in the area; their awareness of and satisfaction with OCC programs and services; and ways in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business, College Programs, College Role
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1986
This assessment of the second year of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 presents an analysis of information in six areas important to improving education. This trend information can be used to determine whether proposed benefits of the act are being realized. The first chapter reviews trends in student test scores and other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Metz, Mary Haywood – 1982
Three magnet middle schools which were established as part of a voluntary desegregation plan in a school system in a large, American city are described in this report. The schools are examined as organizations that differed in their innovative educational approaches to bring about desegregation. One school offered a system of open education, in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Administrator Characteristics, Community Attitudes
Dacca Univ., Bangladesh. Inst. of Education and Research. – 1978
Bangladesh stresses the importance of education responsive to the country's development needs and capable of producing, through formal or non-formal methods, skilled, employable manpower. Although no pre-vocational training exists, new curricula have introduced practical work experience in the primary schools and have integrated agriculture,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Community Attitudes, Curriculum Development
Starr, Harold; And Others – 1983
This report describes the opinions of a number of groups on five roles attributed to vocational education (i.e., employability skills development, occupational skills development, work experience, job placement, and basic skills development). The findings were based on a secondary analysis of data from five completed National Center for Research…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Block Grants, Community Attitudes
Minnesota State Energy Agency, St. Paul. – 1977
The document contains seven learning activities for junior high students on the energy situation. Objectives are to help students gain understanding and knowledge about the relationships between humans and their social and physical environments; solve problems and clarify issues; examine personal beliefs and values; and recognize the relationships…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Community Attitudes, Consumer Education, Cultural Differences
