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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Community Involvement: Why and What? | |
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| Rationales for Community Involvement in Schools | |
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| Community Involvement in Schools: Form and Fashion | |
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| Obstacles to Community Partnerships | |
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| Summary | |
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| A Closer Look at Common Community Partnerships | |
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| Business Partnerships | |
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| University Partnerships | |
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| Service Learning Partnerships | |
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| School-Linked Service Integration | |
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| Faith-Based Partnerships | |
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| Summary | |
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| Components of Successful Community Partnerships | |
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| High-Functioning Schools | |
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| Student-Centered Learning Environments | |
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| Effective Partnership Teams | |
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| Principal Leadership | |
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| External Support | |
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| Summary | |
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| Building Capacity for Successful Community Partnerships: A Vignette | |
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| The School | |
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| The Goal | |
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| The Team | |
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| The Project | |
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| The Community Partners | |
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| The Results | |
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| Lessons Learned | |
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| Summary | |
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| Bringing the Community In: An Elementary School Story | |
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| Background | |
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| Community Partners | |
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| Commitment to Students' Learning | |
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| Principal Leadership | |
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| Action Team for Partnerships | |
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| Welcoming School Climate | |
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| Two-Way Communication | |
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| Summary | |
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| Creating Closer Community Ties: A High School Study | |
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| Background | |
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| Principal Leadership | |
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| A Student Focus | |
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| Community Partners and Activities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Promising Practices for Community Partnerships | |
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| Goal--Improve Reading (2004) | |
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| Goal--Improve Math Skills (2003) | |
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| Goal--Increase Students' Awareness of Career Opportunities (2001) | |
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| Goal--Improve Ninth-Grade Performance on State Proficiency Exam (2002) | |
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| Goal--Improve Student Writing and Technology Skills (2002) | |
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| Goal--Improve Student Reading (2002) | |
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| Goal--Improve School Landscaping (2002) | |
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| Goal--Provide Community Service (2002) | |
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| Goal--Improve Student Oral and Written Communication (2004) | |
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| Goal--Improve Facilities for Students With Disabilities (2004) | |
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| Goal--Improve Student Science Skills (2000) | |
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| Goal--Provide Afterschool Activities for Middle School Students (2000) | |
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| Summary | |
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| Preparing Educational Leaders for Community Partnerships: A Workshop Agenda | |
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| Building Community Partnerships Agenda | |
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| Summary | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Sample Activities | |
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| Locating Community Partners | |
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| Improving the Partnership Process | |
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| Improving Community Partnership Quality | |
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| Garnering Principal Support for Partnerships | |
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| Sample Letters | |
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| Partnership Communication | |
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| Partnership Activity Follow-Up | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |