ERIC Number: ED091480
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1971-Dec
Pages: 294
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Ways of Establishing and Funding Community Learning Centers. Final Report.
Center for Urban Education, New York, NY.
The contents of this compendium of reports on projects attempting to promote increased citizen participation in urban education are organized in three sections. Section 1, Citizen Participation, includes the following reports: "Ways of Establishing and Funding Community Learning Centers," settings strategically located within the community in which educational activities and meetings take place; "Educational Leadership Development Program," which works with cadres of community residents; "Parent Participation Component of Citizen Participation Program," a progress report; and, "School-Community Relations Component of Citizen Participation Program," a progress report on a workshop program. Section 2, Social Education, includes reports on the "Social Education Program," an experimental curriculum in which materials prepared in Chinese, English, and Spanish were developed and disseminated; and on "Tales of Your City Readers." Section 3, Evaluation, includes evaluation reports on: "The Concept and History of the Community Learning Center," the "Educational Leadership Development Component, the 1970-71 Parent Participation Workshop," the "Community School Relations Workshop Program," and the "Social Participation Through Understanding and Reading Program." (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Studies, Leadership Training, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Program Evaluation, School Community Relationship, Social Studies, Urban Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Center for Urban Education, New York, NY.
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