Operation Safe Passage (OSP), a unique new collaborative to combat truancy and juvenile crime, launched today in Northwest Detroit. Detroit Police Chief Ralph L. Godbee, Jr., was joined by US Attorney Barbara McQuade; Thomas Brandon, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; Executive Deputy Chief of Police Craig Swartz [...] Read more »
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools How can teachers and administrators be prepared to create partnerships with families and communities? Nationwide, rhetoric in favor of parent involvement is high, but the quality of most programs still is low. Part of the problem is that most teacher education, administrative training, and other [...] Read more »
Promising Practices for Family Involvement in Schooling Across the Continents (Family, School, Community, Partnership Issues)
Promising Practices for Family Involvement in Schooling Across the Continents (Family, School, Community, Partnership Issues) This monograph represents a seminal examination of the relationship of families to the education of their children across the globe. The monograph commences with an overview of issues and models in parent involvement, continues with a series of chapters from [...] Read more »
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools Reviews
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools How can teachers and administrators be prepared to create partnerships with families and communities? Nationwide, rhetoric in favor of parent involvement is high, but the quality of most programs still is low. Part of the problem is that most teacher education, administrative training, and other [...] Read more »
Building Family, School, and Community Partnerships
Building Family, School, and Community Partnerships This text focuses on understanding different types of family structures, cross cultural issues that teachers need to be aware of, and building strong family/school/community relationships. There are manyfeatures that adapt well to practicing teachers. Updated information for teachers to help understand and deal with the changing family [...] Read more »
Atlanta Schools Have a Busy and Productive Summer
Summer GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) Programs Students from Atlanta Schools have been very busy this summer. The GRAD projects and programs aim to insure that Atlanta school students make to graduation and then on to university. Several GRAD programs are designed to spark students’ interest in science, mathematics and arts. This summer rising sophomores, [...] Read more »
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action Sold as one This updated edition for building school-community partnerships to increase learning includes new examples, inventories defining leadership roles, and a workshop PowerPoint presentation on CD-ROM. List Price: $ 43.95 Price: Find More Community Partnerships Products Read more »
Irving?s Community Initiatives Provide a Clear Path to Success
Irving has implemented numerous initiatives which not only build and beautify the city, but also protect its residents with a focus on a high standard of living and crime prevention. When you examine all of the ways in which the city of Irvine, Texas has implemented programs, initiatives and grants, it’s no wonder Irving remains [...] Read more »
How Law Enforcement Agents and the Community Can Curb Burglary in the Community
Community Policing: A Viable Panacea for the crime of Burglary By Osasumwen Osaghae December 2008 The Crime of Burglary The crime of burglary has several components. Some of the elements have provoked disagreement. One of such elements is what constitutes a dwelling place. Section 111(5) of the powers of Criminal [...] Read more »
Drug Abuse Prevention: A School and Community Partnership, Third Edition Reviews
Drug Abuse Prevention: A School and Community Partnership, Third Edition Using an evidence-based approach, Drug Abuse Prevention: A School and Community Partnership, Third Edition teaches students and practitioners the important concepts and skills needed to design effective drug prevention programs. Written to cover more than just the facts about drugs, this text provides a background [...] Read more »