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Download full textMontgomery County Public Schools, 2014
Student Service Learning (SSL) provides students the opportunity to actively participate in the community and build the skills they need to be successful students and citizens. This booklet provides information about the Maryland State Department of Education SSL graduation mandate. Completing 75 SSL hours is a requirement for high school…
Descriptors: Service Learning, High School Students, Graduation Requirements, Best Practices
Direct linkMundy, Peter, Ed.; Mastergeorge, Ann, Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
Educational Interventions for Students with Autism offers educators a vital resource for understanding and working with autistic students. Written by nationally acclaimed experts in the field and published in collaboration with the world-renowned UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, the book aims to deepen educators' appreciation of the challenges…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusion
Tefera, Adai; Frankenberg, Erica; Siegel-Hawley, Genevieve; Chirichigno, Gina – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2011
This manual was written to help guide education stakeholders--including parents, students, school board members, community activists, administrators, policymakers and attorneys--in their efforts to promote racial diversity and avoid racial isolation in suburban school systems. Critical information on the current legal, political and policy issues…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, School Districts, School Desegregation, Student Diversity
Swick, Kevin J.; Winecoff, Larry; Nesbit, Ben; Kemper, Richard; Rowls, Michael; Freeman, Nancy K.; Creech, Nena; Mason, Janet; Kent, Laura Brinker – 2000
This guidebook is designed to provide teachers, schools, parents, and other community leaders with the needed ideas, strategies, and resources to combine service learning and character education in meaningful educational activities for children and young people. The booklet contains seven short sections that provide an overview of character…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Development
MacCleod, Flora – Early Child Development and Care, 2004
Family literacy is frequently taken to mean involving parents in helping to teach their children school-type literacy tasks in the home (for example, Hannon, 2000; Poulson Macleod Bennett, and Wray, 1996). This article presents the case for an alternative approach to family and community involvement in school-based literacy tasks by drawing on the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, School Community Relationship, Family Literacy, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedLapp, Doug – PTA Today, 1994
Parents can help ensure that their elementary school students' science programs meet their needs. The article discusses the characteristics of a good science program, explains how parents can advocate for a good science program, and looks at the role of the PTA in supporting quality science programs. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Quality, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Barth, Patte; Mitchell, Ruth – 1992
Based on principles of the Council for Basic Education, this book outlines a curriculum and pedagogy for an elementary school which would prepare children for national fourth grade examinations. The book is divided into six sections. The first section examines the background of elementary school students in the 1990s and presents ways for schools…
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Kober, Nancy – 1993
This document tries to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the teaching and learning of science in order to provide parents and community leaders a base of information to help improve science education. Questions are posed in three major areas: science in American education; science in the classroom; and science in the home…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
McNeely, Simon A.; Schneider, Elsa – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
The elementary school years are crucial in the life of a boy or girl. In this formative period, children's experiences profoundly affect their physical, social, mental, and emotional growth. Today's schools are challenged to provide meaningful experiences that will help these children realize their full potential. Physical education is one of the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Physical Activities
