Promising Practices
The Promising Practices database informs professionals and community members about documented approaches to improving community health and quality of life.
The ultimate goal is to support the systematic adoption, implementation, and evaluation of successful programs, practices, and policy changes. The database provides carefully reviewed, documented, and ranked practices that range from good ideas to evidence-based practices.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Urban
By providing programs for students and adults in the areas of literacy, the visual and performing arts, and service learning, NSCC's goals include improving students' performance in school and encouraging parents to become more involved.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The goal of this initiative is to promote the development of young people through after-school programs.
Providing Educational Enrichment for Students Expelled from Traditional School Settings (Indianapolis, IN)
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens, Urban
The goal of the Opportunity School is to provide educational enrichment for middle school (6th - 8th grades) students who have been expelled from standard school settings.
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Filed under Good Idea, Art & Recreation / Sports Recreation & Parks, Children, Rural
The goal of the "Summer Sizzlers" program is to offer productive activities for youth to participate in during the summer vacation.
Supporting At-Risk Youth with Summer High School Preparatory Programs (Cherokee-Graham-Swain Counties, NC)
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Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The goal is to help prepare at-risk youth to develop their academic skills and self-confidence for as they transition from middle school to high school.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children, Families, Rural
The main goal of this project is to reduce the time that a child spends out of the classroom recuperating from an acute illness. This goal is based on the fact that TeleKidcare® transforms the school health room from a triage center to a site of care. TeleKidcare® also addresses the shared community goal of keeping children healthy and in school learning by providing health care service to children at school.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children
To promote and maintain successful mentoring relationships between youth and adults.