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Drake, Daniel D.; And Others – School Community Journal, 1996
Establishes some basic planning strategies for creating and maintaining an effective parent program. A 60-item School/Partnership Inventory was administered in two school districts, and problems were identified in 23 areas covered by this instrument. Differences in parents' perceptions of the school-home linkages in the sample studies were based…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation
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Noel, Jana R. – School Community Journal, 1996
Describes a school/college partnership between the Bozeman (Montana) School District and the Montana State University, concentrating on the program documenter's role in critical analysis. The documenter helps a partnership community by summarizing activities, providing a contextual framework for activities, encouraging completion of the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Documentation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Perry, Constance M. – School Community Journal, 1996
Caring, a valued attribute, might fade from attention unless it is shown to benefit children academically and socially and becomes readily available in school and classroom communities. This paper provides rationale and context by grounding caring in the research on sense of community and belonging. Although findings for students are…
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Community, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Relationship
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Thorkildsen, Ron; Stein, Melanie R. Scott – School Community Journal, 1996
Educational partnerships offer numerous benefits but can be problematic to implement and maintain. The most successful university-school partnerships have a well-defined administrative structure, mutual self-interest and common goals, participant commitment, mutual trust and respect, external support, shared decision-making, clear focus,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College School Cooperation, Definitions, Educational Benefits
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Konsal, Jean L. – School Community Journal, 1996
Present two "readers theater" scripts of a small-town New England high school community's confrontation with changing values and curriculum. The scripts serve as vehicles for opening up dialog about what constitutes sound teaching and learning practices. The first script explores mental models of "good" practices held by…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Doctoral Dissertations, Drama, Educational Change
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Redding, Sam – School Community Journal, 1996
Outlines a working definition of school community, traces connections between definitional components of community and children's learning, and suggests ways to measure school community components to establish a school-improvement indicator. Results of a parent/teacher survey explore community components such as shared educational values,…
Descriptors: Community, Curriculum, Definitions, Educational Improvement
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Schulte, Laura E.; Shanahan, Steven; Anderson, Thomas D.; Sides, James – School Community Journal, 2003
Investigates sense of community at Midwestern school district's middle and high schools. Finds, for example, that regardless of school level, teachers rated "teacher to student" interactions and relationships significantly more positively than did students. Recommends schools' sense of community be enhanced by integrating opportunities for…
Descriptors: Community, Educational Environment, High Schools, Instructional Development
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Mapp, Karen L. – School Community Journal, 2003
Examination of factors leading to successful educational partnership between Boston elementary school and parents. Finds several factors influencing parents' involvement. For example, school factors, specifically those that were relational in nature, had a major impact on parents' involvement. Draws several implications for research and practice.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Ho, Esther Sui-chu – School Community Journal, 2003
Seeks to identify factors related to parental involvement and investment having the greatest impact on the self-esteem of Hong Kong middle-school students. Finds, for example, that the effect of parental involvement on student's self-esteem is greater than that of parental investment, with home-based involvement having the strongest effect. Draws…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Investment, Middle Schools, Parent Participation
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Gonzalez-DeHass, Alyssa R.; Willems, Patricia P. – School Community Journal, 2003
Reviews support for parent-involvement practices, documents how underutilized parent involvement is in the public-school system, and examines some barriers accounting for the underutilization of this beneficial teaching practice, such as conflicting beliefs about the ways parents should be involved. (Contains 39 references.) (Authors/PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Teaching Methods
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Grineski, Steve – School Community Journal, 2003
Describes benefits of an after-school mentorship program involving students in a teacher-education course at Minnesota State University and low-income youths between 9 and 13 years of age in the surrounding community of Moorhead, Minnesota. (Contains 17 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Higher Education, Mentors
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Caspe, Margaret S. – School Community Journal, 2003
Case study of how elementary teachers in a rural New England community collect and process information about their students' families. Finds, for example, that teachers weighed information about families against their own knowledge, values, and perceptions based on their own experiences as a child or parent. Draws implications for policy and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Family Characteristics, Information Processing
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Elias, Maurice J.; Bryan, Keli; Patrikakou, Evanthia N.; Weissberg, Roger P. – School Community Journal, 2003
Discusses what is necessary for restructuring the roles and relationships among parents of adolescents and schools to achieve more meaningful partnerships. Describes needs of adolescents such as appreciation and belonging. Offers specific examples of how parents and schools can collaborate to build positive adolescent identities. Recommends how…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, High Schools, Identification (Psychology), Middle Schools
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Symeou, Loizos – School Community Journal, 2002
Presents the main finding of a nationwide questionnaire survey investigating the home-school liaisons in Cyprus among teachers and families in Cyprus primary state schools. Data analysis revealed that both teachers and families consider that present home-school links in Cyprus are restricted. (Contains 12 tables and 58 references.) (AUTHOR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Role
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Karcher, Michael J.; Davis, Claytie, III; Powell, Brad – School Community Journal, 2002
Report of a 1-year longitudinal study of development monitoring, a program in which high-school students mentor elementary-school students. Findings suggest that the program promoted connectedness to parents, school, and the future, and improved spelling skills. (Contains 30 references.) (AUTHOR/WFA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students