11170(11117 DOCUMENT RESUME IR 020 604 ED 452 796 Community Update, 2000. TITLE Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of INSTITUTION Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs. 2000-00-00 PUB DATE 76p.; For the 1999 issues,.see ED 438 780. NOTE ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: AVAILABLE FROM 877-433-7827 (Toll Free). For full text: http://www.ed.gov/G2K/community. Collected Works - Serials (022) PUB TYPE Community Update; n73-82 Jan-Nov/Dec 2000 JOURNAL CIT MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. EDRS PRICE *Community Involvement; Educational Finance; Educational DESCRIPTORS Improvement; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; *Family Involvement; *Family School Relationship; Federal Government; Government Role; Government School Relationship; Higher Education; Literacy; Newsletters; *Partnerships in Education; Preschool Education; Reading Programa; *School Community Relationship; Summer Programs; Teacher Education Partnership for Family Involvement in Education IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT This document consists of ten issues (covering January through December 2000) of the Newsletter, "Community Update," containing articles on community and family involvement in education. Article topics include: grants to improve local schools in the 21st century; the Telephone Pioneers of America; learning resources on the World Wide Web; faith Chicago communities partner with public schools to help children learn; the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education; competitive grants for improving schools; "Setting New Expectations," the seventh State of American Education address; improving teacher quality; Teachers College at Columbia quality; University (New York) connects teachers and the community to improve Bell High suggestions for summer educational activities; Washington, D.C.'s Hispanic education; School - -a multicultural model; addressing the future of Century the demand for after-school programs; summer programs at 21st Community Learning Centers; modernizing America's schools; engaging family enrollments; and community support for the new school year; record school preschoolers; the what to look for in a preschool; activities for engaging (GEAR UP); Gaining Early Awareness and Readii.ess for Undergraduate Program mathematics and federal financial aid for higher education; and improving science education. (MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the on al document. 000000 001212 Community Update, 2000 U.S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Owe 01 EMJeatbrAIRMIllarth OM impingement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) fa Ibis doctornent has boon reproduced as rocsfved from Me pineal or aganization originating N. O Mince changes hoe been made lo improve (*production quality. Poinht of view or opinions stated in this document do not ntameady represent offal& GERI poollian of polity. _. e 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 6001 73 (MO O No.73 New Oppatotwittiem New Ye January 2000 U.S. Department of Educatioa Grants Emprove LocaL Schap lls fin the 21st Century in partnership with community, cultural and Ilelping school districts, colleges and com- youth organizations. Visit http://www.ed.gov/ munities to chart their own course for 2lstccic for more details. improvement is a primary goal of new grants now available from the U.S. Department of GEAR UP grants build pathways to college Education. With the recent approval by Presi- for more than 250,000 disadvantaged youth. Competitive dent Clinton and Congress of the Consolidated GEAR UP partnerships introduce their activities grant programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000, over a no later than the 7th grade to ensure that more will award $800 dozen programs with $800 million of resources students reach high school having taken algebra are getting ready to accept applications from million in the and other courses needed for college while in states, school districts and colleges. current fiscal high school. These grants encourage colleges to partner with low-income middle schools and year. Many of the programs will be discussed at feature a matching requirement to leverage non- application workshops that will help local and federal resources. In Fiscal Year 2000, about state educators and their partners apply and $200 million will be available for partnership share best practices. Workshops will detail the and state grants. Visit http://www.ed.gov/gearup application process and answer questions about for more details. eligibility, priorities, and requirements, as well as provide an opportunity to strengthen local The Small Schools Initiative helps local partnerships among schools, colleges, employ- schools and communities with high school ers, and community and cultural organizations. reform. The Fiscal Year 2000 appropriations legislation provides more than $42 million for Among the grant opportunities: competitive grants to local education agencies to The 21st Century Community Learning plan, develop and implement smaller learning Centers program helps local communities communities for students in large high schools. expand learning opportunities for children in Schools with over 1,000 students will be able to safe, drug-free and supervised environments. create learning communities of 600 or less. The grants enable schools to stay open longer Approaches may include creating schools within and provide a place for tutoring in basic skills, schools and career academies, as well as restruc- homework centers, and enrichment in core turing the school day. Schools might also subjects such as art, music, algebra, geometry institute individual adult advocates, develop and second languages. Centers can also provide teacher advisory systems or design other innova- drug and violence prevention counseling; com- tions. Visit www.ed.gov for updates on this munity service opportunities; or advice to initiative. middle and high school students about college For more information on these and other preparation courses. In fiscal year 2000, the new competitive grant programs and details on the competition will award approximately $185 application workshops, call 1-800-USA-LEARN million. Up to 1500 after-school programs will or visit the Web sites listed on page 5.E be funded with 400-600 grants to school districts (may NS MO Ca gov/6.2K/cornrt flit fp//www ed World available ghs atcaotomAy attgitil;4 3 BEST COPY AVAILABLE abut tizattr4T lap yam haw st'i col bat r: t Hants ccsibtorT yam coal fitted i arm r 14111 Ili .11.1 , I:1441Si MAN= ft= F (ill v4'14(11 Ii)t' 000 r in11.1 Witt News you can else-1E040o Generall information as cllose as your tellepone New reports and funding opportunities from the Department, plus additions to the FREE Web site The Information Resource Center provides (see article on page 6), are announced three times general information about U.S. Department of a week to more than 14,000 EDInfo subscribers. Education programs, funding opportunities, This free information service delivers messages services and publications. Information specialists from the U.S. Department of Education to your e- can provide tips for improving education in your mail account. Each message features one report or community in areas such as reading,college initiative (or other information) from the U.S. readiness and educational technology. And, Department of Education. Most messages include through this 1-800 number, you can get referrals to a summary, an excerpt, and sources of more individual staff, programs and offices within the information. You are invited to subscribe to this U.S. Department of Education. 1. Address an email free service. To do so: 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327) 2. message to: [email protected] Spanish speakers available Toll-free numbers Write this (and nothing else) in the message: TTY: 1-800-437-0833 and Web sites put SUBSCRIBE EDInfo YOURFIRSTNAME e-mail: [email protected] education YOURLASTNAME or visit: http:/ /www.ed.gov/ * * * information at MailingLists/ * * * your fingertips. Read it here! Free publications and !products Setting the agenda: The 7th annum& The U.S. Department of Education publishes a Education Address State of An wealth of h...armation for teachers, administrators, On Tuesday, February 22nd from 12:00 to 1:00 policymakers, researchers, parents, students, and Education Richard p.m. (ET), U.S. Secretary of others with a stake in education. The single, Riley will deliver his annual address assessing the centralized point for ordering Education Depart- state of American education and outlining a vision EDPubs. ment publications and materials is called for the future. Broadcast live from North Caro- More than 2,500 free publications are available lina, the speech will be available to schools and through this service. Search for publications and more information For communities via satellite. availability online at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ satellite coordi- on this program, including free edpubs.html. 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The series The Satellite Town Meeting is also webcast live Commerce and the National Affiance of Business and produced in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of The Proctor & Gamble Fund, and Target Stores. with support from The Bayer Foundation, community to make sure all young children are How can schools partner with families and the environment? dd to assure their young child has a quality learning ready to learn? What can parents 18th Satellite Town Meeting, "Smart from These questions and more will be explored on the January the Start: Strengthening Early Learning for Pre-Schoolers." and to register, visit For more information including free satellite coordinates www.ecl.gov/registerevent or call 1-800-USA-LEARN. Is I 4 . . ..*. . . 0000j1214 PaTMGTOntrj0 , V gOT C7,113Mr] . O O _ . , C2WO_WGBTIGIlg . .... Iducigrion Co' of R enso4s forMids Telleip lone 1191oneers Make a Difference The Telephone Pioneers of America, a mem- ber of the Partnership and the world's largest industry-related volunteer organization, The Telephone platform of service activi- offers a broad-based Pioneers of that focus on education. The nearly 800,000 ties America members across North America represent active ti volunteered 20 and retired employees of telecommunications million hours for companies. Over the past year, Pioneers volunteered 20 million hours to improve life in education and the communities where volunteers live and other community work by supporting projects that stress family service programs involvement in education. in the past year. Last October, nearly 2,000 kindergarten students in 24 cities participated in an interna- tional America Goes Back to School event sponsored by the Telephone Pioneers that was A kindergarten student was delighted to see his name broadcast live via satellite and the Internet. The in the reader presented by Al Burlingame, AT&T's students were joined via satellite by First Lady senior vice president. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Watertown, New York, the Honorable John Hamm, Premier of students across North America. The book Nova Scotia, in Halifax, Canada, and U.S. contains the child's name, the names of his or Assistant Secretary of Education Mario Moreno her friends and the child's teacher and school in Washington, D.C.. principal. Telephone Pioneers Executive Direc- Over the last year, Pioneers distributed tor and Chief Operating Officer Jim Gadd 185,000 "I Like Me!" personalized readers to reflected on the value of his organization's work: "Thanks to Information Age technology and the use of this personalized reader, we were able to involve the children in a unique literacy project and provide them with a lesson on building a healthy self-concept." Other programs sponsored by the Pioneers include Read-to-Me kits with a parent-to-child approach that stresses the importance of parents reading to their children from birth and through- out childhood. The organization also encourages parents interested in pursuing adult literacy classes. Pioneers distributed the U.S. Depart- ment of Education's summer literacy tutoring program to 27,000 children. For more information on the Telephone Pio- ..41-atiLL its neers and the education-focused programs New Orleans kindergarten students received their own members provide, call the Pioneers Resource 1 Like mar readers, courtesy of Telephone Pioneers Center hog ne at 1-800-976-1914. of America. . 4.. 1. .. C. Online Resources for Family-Friendly Family Involvement in Resources from the Education U.S. Department of Education The main U.S. Department of Education Web page is at http://www.ed.gov. For informa- Materials that focus on research and helping tion specifically on the Partnership for Family all students learn to high standards are available from the U.S. Department of Education. Involvement in Education, visit http:// While supplies last, single copies are available pfie.ed.gov. free of charge. Call 1-877-4ED-PUBS to request Resources for Other resources focus on key areas of the these and other publications that support family Partnership's efforts, including after-school promoting family involvement in education. (Refer to the inventory programs, reading, math, and getting ready for Involvement ID number for even better service.) college. Visit these sites to learn more: cover subjects "Fathers Matter!" Videotape of the recent After- school: http://ww*.afterschool.gov such as reading, teleconference on what communities are doing provides resources, materials, and examples of math, and college to strengthen fathers' involvement in children's effective practices of after-school programs. awareness. learning. (El( 0216V ) Reading: Visit the America Reads program's Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help EVery new Web site at http://www.ed.gov/ Child Become a Reader (EA 0103P) americareads/ where family members, educa- tors, childcare providers and all interested Parents and Families Learning Together: members of the community can find information Minicatalog of Free U.S. Department of on how to help a child learn to read. Education Publications (ER 067811 Math: The America Counts program's Web Early Childhood Digest: How Busy Parents site is located at http://i.vww.ed.gov/ Can Help Their Children Learn and Develop, americacounts/ and offers research findings and September 1999 (ERE0015P) resources. In Spanish: Como ayudar a su hijo a aprender matemdticas [Helping Your Child Learn Math) Getting Ready for College: Key information about funding and materials to help all children (ER 0654P) get ready for college may be found at http:ll Questions Parents Ask About Schools (EE www.ed.gov/gearup.li 0314E)rm Spotlight on a New Partner: Illinois Fatherhood Initiative has created strategic T Ihe Illinois Fatherhood Initiative is a volunteer-led organization that children's lives. Efforts partnerships across the state in support of fathers' involvement in students to write on the include an annual Illinois Father-of-the Year essay contest that encourages Dads, a hospital-based program topic "What My Father Means to Me" and Boot Camp for New fathering. Related publications bringing together first-time dads to help them make the transition to Fatherhood Initiative also cospon- include an essay booklet, calendar and resource guide. Illinois fathers' involvement with their children. David sors Donuts-with- Dads events to strengthen participated in the recent Partnership spon- Hirsch, president of the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative, for strengthening fathers' in- sored teleconference "Fathers Matter!" that focused on strategies volvement in children's learning. 1-800-996-DADS (3237) or For more information about the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative, call e-mail [email protected] Oackeemc gmg 34, MD 0,1 MON& Oustaces 1°1 ECOMOSINI ' o est lbs Cm:km= kilagmagon It Week ken to Ovolts4V2,14n Myst Ye& NV. Fce PainceStao aced ig 292-3364343 ae Vet wffew. cankesacc-bacelice10 4 intinan1101975 U.S Department of Education Competitive Grants with Increased FY 2000 Funding Visit these Web pages for details on the application process and eligibility requirements. Or, call 1-800-USA-LEARN. 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From this came a parents, volunteers and students, and to encourage coalition of local ministers, who created the Urban appropriate partnerships between faith communi- Fellowship Mentoring, Tutoring, and Enrichment ties and public schools, President Clinton, in his Program. Guidelines for radio address of December 18th, 1999, announced the release of a Religion and Public Schools kit. religious Pursuing ways to make the after-school hours The kit contains the guidelines from May 1998; a safe and productive for their young people, the expression in publication on the First Amendment entitled Public ministers and lay members of faith communities public schools Schools and Religious Communities: A First associated with the Urban Fellowship Program help protect the Amendment Guide; individual guides for parents, approached the Pinellas County Schools with ideas First teachers, and volunteers on the topic of religion and and together they found other partners who shared public schools; and a book on successful partner- Amendment and their goal. Today, the Urban Fellowship Program, ships between public schools and faith communi- support the Pinellas County Schools, Juvenile Welfare Board, ties. National Conference on Community and Justice rights of all (Tampa Bay region), and the University of South These new guidelines help all parts of the children and Florida are partners in a 21st Century Community community, including religious organizations and their families to Learning Center grant that provides safe and people of faith, to work together in ways that freedom of beneficial after-school and summer activities to protect the First Amendment rights to freedom of religion. middle school youth in Jordon Park. religion for all children and their families, while creating appropriate roles for faith communities to St. Petersburg's remarkable collaboration among support families and children's learning in coopera- education and religious groups is not an isolated tion with schools. forging new case. Across the country, schools are partnerships with churches, synagogues and For more information on these guidelines and to their mosques, finding new ways to ensure that access the Religion and Public Schools kit and community's children are kept safe, healthy, and related publications, visit the Web site at www.ed.govfinits/religionandschools or call 1-877- learning. 4-EDPUBS for a copy. Faith-based organizations and schools, though different in many ways, often share important goals. Both want to support children's learning in l dl/ Minn '! It *mines to be every way that they can, they want f ti involved in their children's education, and they 7th Antival want to see all children have the opportunity to Acidreqs (iiii..111011 I realize their dreams. Yet one of the most sensitive ,;,,, f-ctitu,l/y2:1/10 o ye ent matters dividing Americans still today is the issue 1 (1(11).m. E7 p ;1: of religion in the public schools. In an effort to end much of the confusion on this topic, Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Attorney General 9 Iv sY 'I /al: nvftrrnierdm.vr......s. February Town Meeting, North Carolina Site of Will Highlight Midil State of American Schools' Unique Mission Education Address Thoughtful educators and community leaders LS. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley across the country are discovering new ways to will deliver his 7th Annual State of Ameri- shape the middle school experience, creating new School, can Education Address at Southern High learning environments to better influence students' Durham, N.C., on Tuesday, February 22. South- intellectual and personal development. Research North Caro- ern High School was recognized by tells us that young adolescents between the ages of lina for making exemplary growth in just one year 10 and 14 experience more emotional, developmen- after being on the state's list of low-performing tal, and physical changes than at any other time schools. School leaders have worked to except in the first three years of life. The middle strengthen teacher development, reduce class size, school period is also a critical transitional phase in a make classrooms disciplined, provide rigorous student's academic development, as young adoles- environment. courses, and improve the learning and cents need to meet rigorous academic standards This year, the proportion of students scoring at or be held to high expectations. Helping these young above average on end-of-semester tests increased GEM allows people to loam and achieve to their full potential la by more than 50 percent. . the unique mission of the middle school commu- teachers to In this 7th annual address on the state of Ameri- that nity. can education, Riley will discuss the progress search more than On Tuesday, February 15th, this program will has been made in education since his first address 140 federal, state, focus on what works in high-performing middle in 1994 and will challenge schools and communi- university, non- schools. While many of the reform issues are the ties to renew their commitment to ensure that all profit, and schools tend to same for all K-12 schools, middle students achieve to their fullest potential in the commercial Web implement perticular solutions, such as team 21st century. In the past, Riley has used his administra- concepts, flexible schedules and other sites for lesson annual address to announce major policy initia- tive innovations, as well as building strong commu- tives on reading, improving teacher quality, and plans and nities where all students are connected to adults. reforming failing schools. "It is critical for low- educational The discussion will focus on how schools and performing schools to do what it takes to turn materials. families can help middle school students start around," Riley said. "I am proud to be delivering getting ready for college. this address from Southern High, a public school After the program, videotapes may be ordered by whose serious steps have led to a major turn- calling I-877-4-EDPUBS. around in student achievement." For more information call 1-800-USA-LEARN or The State of American Education address will email [email protected]. be broadcast live via satellite from 12:00 p.m. The Satellite Town Meeting is produced by the (noon) to 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. Satellite with U.S. Department of Education in partnership coordinates and technical information on this free the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National broadcast are available by calling 1-800-USA- Alliance for Business with support from the Bayer LEARN or visit the Web site www.ed.gov/ Foundation, the- Procter ik Gamble Fund and Target /' tegisterevent. Stores. Teachers New Web Site Helps Find Learning Resources the Internet help teachers search thousands of learning resources on Anew tool is now available to Materials their students. The Gateway to Educational and find the materials that are right for information into a type a topic, grade level, and other (GEM) at www.thegateway.org allows teachers to materials on that instructional units, and other free educational search screen that then retrieves lessons, topic, for that grade level. than 140 search instructional materials of more GEM lets teachers, as well as parents and students, items we organizations. Currently, more than 7,000 federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial joining being added and new consortium members included in GEM with hundreds of new resources each month. special advisor for technology to U.S. Secretary "GEM is more than a Web site," said Linda Roberts, developed by a consortium of organizations that got of Education Riley. "It is a solution that was all our Web easier for teachers to find lesion ideas across together and said, 'Let's find a way to make it sites with one simple search'. ". ' .10 INV