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Winburn Community Academy: A University-Assisted Community School and Professional Development School

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PJE.Peabody Journal of Education, 75 (3): 33-50 (July 2000)M3: Article; Accession Number: 4736419; Moore, Sara Delano 1 Brennan, Sharon 1 Garrity, Ann R. 2 Godecker, Sandra W. 3; Affiliation: 1: University of Kentucky 2: Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership 3: Winburn Middle School; Source Info: 2000, Vol. 75 Issue 3, p33; Subject Term: COMMUNITY & college; Subject Term: MIDDLE school education; Subject Term: LABORATORY schools; Subject Term: WINBURN Community Academy (Lexington, Ky.); Subject Term: KENTUCKY; Subject Term: LEXINGTON (Ky.); Subject Term: UNITED States; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Number of Pages: 18p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 7193.

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Winburn Community Academy is a school-university-community partnership that uses win-win collaboration to remove barriers to learning. The primary partners include Winburn Middle School, the Lexington Parks and Recreation Department, and the University of Kentucky. Working together through the Academy, these agencies link with others in the community (nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals) to sponsor a school-based recreation and homework center, community learning opportunities both in and out of school, service learning, and a professional development school for the University of Kentucky's middle-level teacher education program. A common thread across all facets of the project is the building of networks-among students, teachers, and parents-to strengthen the community and improve student learning. Our 6-year history shows that developing successful partnerships is a messy but rewarding process. We hope our experiences will be helpful to others. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright of PJE. Peabody Journal of Education is the property of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)

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