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Volume 114, number 1: Deriving Theories of Change from Successful Community Development Partnerships for Youths: Implications for School Improvement
Lawson et al. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:58:17 -0500
Community development partnerships for youths offer valuable resources for school improvement. Unfortunately, these resources may not be tapped because school leaders have not been prepared to understand these partnerships. The evaluative research reported partnership-related understanding, aiming to prepare leaders to contribute to, and benefit from, partnerships. This research employed case study methodology to derive theories of change from five successful youth development partnerships. These partnerships’ theories of change provide action-oriented knowledge for scale-up in other school communities. Among this research’s other contributions are partnership commonalities, indicators of uniqueness, and partnership classifications. Differences between adult-led and youth-led partnerships are especially salient. Expanded improvement planning may incorporate youth leadership and capitalize on resources provided by partnerships.
Volume 114, number 1: Book Review: Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies: Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese by Samuel Hideo Yamashita. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. xi+330 pp. $43.80 (cloth); $26.00 (paper).
Smits Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:58:17 -0500

Volume 114, number 1: Identifying Best Practices in Civic Education: Lessons from the Student Voices Program
Feldman et al. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:58:17 -0500
School-based civic education is increasingly recognized as an effective means for increasing political awareness and participation in American youth. This study examines the Student Voices curriculum, implemented in 22 Philadelphia high schools, to assess program activities that mediate gains in outcomes linked to future political participation (following of politics, political knowledge, and political efficacy). The results indicate that class deliberative discussions, community projects, and informational use of the Internet produce favorable outcomes that build over the course of two semesters. Effects were comparable for both white and nonwhite students.

 

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