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Education: How Can Schools And Communities Work Together To Meet The Challenge? A Guide For Involving Community Members In Public Dialogue And Problem-Solving, Matthew Leighninger, Mark Niedergang
Education: How Can Schools And Communities Work Together To Meet The Challenge? A Guide For Involving Community Members In Public Dialogue And Problem-Solving, Matthew Leighninger, Mark Niedergang
Partnerships/Community
This guide is designed as a tool to help members of the education sector involve community members in discussions about their local schools and learn how to become involved in the process of improving education in their community. The first half of the guide presents basic material for conducting a four- to seven-session discussion program based on the study circle model. Materials dealing with the following discussion topics are included: how schools affect communities and community members' lives; what community members want graduates to know and be able to do; how schools can meet every students' needs, make schools safer, …