School-Community Partnerships

Devolution , School / Community / Family Partnerships , and Inclusive Education

The purpose of this chapter is to take a close look at the implications of the " devo-lution revolution " for a particular aspect of public assistance, namely, progress toward inclusive education as federal policy. The term " devolution revolution " refers to the recent shift in federal policy to increasingly turn fiscal resources and responsibilities over to the states for the administration o...

School-community partnerships: a cluster-randomized trial of an after-school soccer program.

IMPORTANCE Identifying community-based programs that increase physical activity among diverse youth could yield sustainable tools to reduce obesity and obesity disparities. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a community-based after-school soccer and youth development program, America SCORES, on students' physical activity, weight status, and fitness. DESIGN Cluster-randomized trial. Study ...

Evolving Partnerships in Community

In recent years there have been a significant number of publications on the benefits and challenges of community-based participatory research (CBPR). In this introduction we give an overview of three projects presented in this mini-monograph and highlight their commonalities and differences in developing community-university partnerships. While the studies presented here were not required to us...

Parent Engagement at a Cristo Rey High School: Building Home-School Partnerships in a Multicultural Immigrant Community

Learning in School - University Partnerships : Sociocultural Perspectives

ucators in K-12 schools are often seen as having different forms of expertise when it comes to understanding education. University faculty are well-versed in educational theory and research while school-based teachers and administrators have intimate, practical knowledge about what makes schools work. School-university partnerships create opportunities for learning by providing a space for the ...