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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. – 1993
By focusing on the settings and environments in which high-risk young people are living, this book fixes responsibility on society as a whole. High-risk settings do not just happen, but are the result of public policies and national choices. The Panel on High-Risk Youth of the National Research Council attempts to clarify forces tearing apart…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Community Influence, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textBogdan, Deanne – 1986
The humanist position for the teaching of values can be turned against English teachers and literature education when it is based primarily on the assumption that literature directly portrays life, a strategy which was used by a religious fundamentalist group, Renaissance Peterborough, in its dispute with officials of Peterborough County, Ontario,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Aesthetic Values, Censorship, Community Attitudes
Slotnik, William J.; And Others – 1980
The organization and implementation of a community school program is discussed under the topics of citizen participation, functions of the community school council, organizational procedures, and coalition building. Community education consists of two components: the provision of a broad diversity of learning opportunities (after-school programs,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, After School Programs, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils
Cotera, Augustus S. – 1988
A research guide on student access to the Arizona University System, with studies of retention and persistence, is presented as one working paper in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. Six topics of discussion, covering areas to be investigated, are as follows: academic…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, American Indians, Blacks
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1981
The social studies curriculum for grade 4 in Manitoba, Canada, is presented. The focus of this guide is communities around the world. Some objectives are to explore: (1) various human and natural features of the earth's surface; (2) ways in which people communicate about location on the earth's surface; and (3) implications of different levels and…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Cooperation, Community Influence, Community Role
Carney/Taylor Associates, Atlanta, GA. – 1980
Traditional sex role stereotypes, as reflected in the attitudes and values of rural southern females, educators, employers, male partners, parents, and communities, have a negative influence on the southern rural female's desire for and access to non-traditional training and employment; black females face both racial and sexual bias. Mothers exert…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Blacks, Career Choice, Community Influence
Whyte, Kenn – 1981
Designed to train Canadian Natives as professional educators and models for Native students in urban schools, the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP), initiated by the Association of Metis and Non-status Indians of Saskatchewan and offered by the Gabriel Dumont Institute, incorporates two basic objectives: to assist Native…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Studies, American Indians, Canada Natives
LYLE, JEROLYN R. – 1968
PRIMARY FINDINGS OF OVER 30 STUDIES DATING FROM 1960 TO 1967, INCLUDING RESEARCH REPORTS, PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS, AND THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS, ARE SYNTHESIZED IN AN EVALUATION OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE ON THE DETERMINANTS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FOCUS OF THE SURVEY IS ON DETERMINING INPUTS AND OUTPUTS OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Influence, Educational Finance
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
The unit's instructional and assessment activities focus on the community. Specific attention is given to four spiraling questions pertaining to the individual, his alternatives, his initiation of change, and the results of change. Focus, materials, and objective for each activity are in Spanish and English; teacher instructions are in Spanish…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Agents, Community Change, Community Characteristics
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) is a national research initiative. It provides communities with information to enable them to make informed decisions about the best policies and most appropriate programs for Canadian families with young children. This report is based on one of seven communities studied in 2001-2002. Children's outcomes were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Young Children, Physical Health
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) is a national research initiative. It provides communities with information to enable them to make informed decisions about the best policies and most appropriate programs for Canadian families with young children. This report is based on one of seven communities studied in 2001-2002. Children's outcomes were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Young Children, Physical Health
Willms, J. Douglas – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) is a national research initiative. It provides communities with information to enable them to make informed decisions about the best policies and most appropriate programs for Canadian families with young children. This report is based on one of seven communities studied in 2001-2002. Children's outcomes were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Young Children, Physical Health
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) is a national research initiative. It provides communities with information to enable them to make informed decisions about the best policies and most appropriate programs for Canadian families with young children. This report is based on one of seven communities studied in 2001-2002. Children's outcomes were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Young Children, Physical Health
Douglas, Harry E., III, Comp. – 1985
This conference report of the National Society of Allied Health focusses on the theme of health promotion for black Americans, with emphasis on creating cooperative partnerships to address the various social and environmental conditions adversely affecting minority group health status. The keynote speaker provided an historical perspective on…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Personnel, Blacks, Business Responsibility
Stuart, Leland E.; Goldschmidt, Steven M. – 1986
This essay presents an overview of the past 25 years of collective bargaining in American public education. Drawing distinctions between compensation and noncompensation issues, the essay addresses the issue of striking a balance between the interests of organized teachers and the educational interests of their communities, and it incorporates…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining, Community Influence
