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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Parent-Community Involvement in School Governance and Its Effects on Teacher Effectiveness and Improvement of Learner Performance: A Study of Selected Primary and Secondary Schools in Botswana
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Boaduo, Nana Adu-Pipim; Milondzo, K. S.; Adjei, Alex – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This study surveyed 45 selected primary and secondary schools in Botswana which aimed to identify how parent and community involvement in the governance of schools affect teacher effectiveness and improvement of learner performance. The study started from January 2005 to December 2006. Literature review, administration of questionnaires, interview…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Community Involvement, Governance
Circles of Influence: The Role of School-Community Partnerships in the Character Formation and Citizenship of Secondary School Students
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Hands, Catherine M. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Partnerships between schools, families, and communities provide a support net for each student and play a role in promoting academic success (Epstein, 1995; Shapiro, Ginsberg, & Brown, 2002) and moral development. This article is based on a qualitative study of a secondary school with numerous partnerships selected from a southern Ontario school…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Values Education
'My Mum Would Be as Pleased as Punch if I Actually Went, but My Dad Seems a Bit More Particular about It': Paternal Involvement in Young People's Higher Education Choices
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Brooks, Rachel – British Educational Research Journal, 2004
Research on parental involvement in educational 'choice', as well as in educational processes more generally, has highlighted clear disparities between the close and active involvement of mothers and the more distant role of fathers. While this article does not question the broad patterns identified by such studies, it does suggest that, in some…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Fathers, College Choice, Parent Participation