Strengthening Community Schools Through University Partnerships

Given the mounting call for academic achievement gains in America's public schools—particularly urban schools labeled “failing”—the need for community engagement to tackle a host of underlying social challenges warrants the resources of the nation's colleges and universities (Harkavy & Hartley, 2009). Because colleges and universities are often underutilized anchors of resources in communities, coordinated alignment of K-12 and higher education goals can create a seamless pipeline of educational attainment for communities challenged to produce high academic achievement. Higher education's engagement with community schools further helps to address the whole child and their families in K-12 education by expanding the opportunities for the students and community to access necessary support services. Drawing upon experiences of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and collaboration with its adjacent neighborhoods, this article illustrates the transformative and relevant impact of university and community engagement, as well as new pedagogical approaches to teaching, learning, and training. This article reflects upon the experiences of IUPUI and nearby George Washington Community High School as it can uniquely serve as a roadmap for other school community/university partnerships that are interested in embarking upon a similar education reform path.     

Xi＇an Qujiang Cultural Tourism Group： A Rising Enterprise of Cultural Industry

<正>Tourist programs featuring Tang traditions,E-commerce for tourist services,honey-moon journeys to historic sites and tourist journeys featuring cultural tour...     

Xi’an Site Park Music Festival Opens

<正>Archaeological sites vs. avant-garde music, rock & roll vs. ancient melodies. On July 8 and 9, the 2011 Xi’an Qujiang International Youth Music and Tourism F...     

Qujiang Women's Institute of Practical Arts and Culture An Ideal Place to Train Ladies of Virtue

<正>Elegance manifests a state of harmony and beauty.But unlike beauty which is bestowed by Heaven,elegance is something closely linked to arts,being nurtured an...     

Enjoy Elegant Music and Super Cuisine in a Tang-style Restaurant

Over hundreds of years of evolution,Shaanxi cuisine has developed a distinctive style of its own,featuring flavors mixing various major gourmet and local ethnic food and continuing traditions of court cuisine of past dynasties.     

Tang Imperial Cuisine Revives with Modern Life

<正>Xi’an Qujiang Culture & Tourism Group, has witnessed fast growth by continuing and developing rich cultural traditions of Xi’an, an ancient capital city with...     

Study at Qujiang

<正>The Apricot Garden in the Tang Paradise is a classical-style structure with cultural richness,showcasing the history of imperial examination and bureaucratic...     

Moving Beyond the Ableist Roots of Educational Psychology: Audit of the Field and a Path Forward

Educational Psychology Review - In the current literature review, we studied the articles published between 2010 and July 2020 in six prominent educational psychology journals to determine the...