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Download full textHyman, Carl S., Ed. – 1992
Guidelines and ideas for creating successful school/community projects are provided in this handbook. Organized like a cookbook, the book contains 43 chapters by individual contributors who take a community-based approach to education, in which the schools are the pivotal institutions of a community. The first section outlines the roles, or…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services
Wanless, Angie, Comp.; And Others – 1994
The purpose of this manual is to provide guidelines and suggestions for people organizing an environmental action conference for high school students. The format and planning suggestions are based on the methods used for a conference organized by the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education in 1991. The bulk of the manual provides structure…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Conferences, Environmental Education, High Schools
Ingoldsby, Bron B., Ed.; Smith, Suzanna, Ed. – 1995
Covering contemporary Third World as well as Western families, this teaching text addresses topics essential for developing a multicultural perspective on the family. It is an ideal text for comparative family courses and includes exercises (as well as exercise guidelines for instructors) developed to challenge students' existing viewpoints and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
American Education Coalition, Washington, DC. – 1983
Written from a conservative perspective, this handbook provides practical advice to "parent activists" who wish to organize groups to influence or oppose school policies. Each of the six "steps" is presented in a question-and-answer format, followed in certain instances by "example cases" and attachments. Step one,…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Elementary Secondary Education, Lobbying, Organizational Objectives
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, VA. – 1994
Principals from the 1991-1992 Blue Ribbon Schools--those schools selected by the U.S. Department of Education that have demonstrated an unusual ability to create an atmosphere that promotes learning for "everyone"--were asked to share a "best idea" that they had put into practice in their schools. Selected from over 100 submissions, the "best…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Citizenship Education, Educational Innovation
