This paper presents a checklist that scaffolds teachers' professional decision-making with regard to differentiated instruction. It discusses the way the concept of differentiated instruction may be applied in an evidence-informed way by presenting a checklist for high-quality differentiated instruction (DI). We tried to tackle the question of how…

The "2013 State Preschool Yearbook" is the newest edition of our annual report profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This latest "Yearbook" presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2012-2013 school year as well as documenting a decade of progress since the first…

Describes the development of a teacher checklist for comparing discipline models on dimensions pertinent to classroom practice and research. Presents teacher responses to a questionnaire on standards for evaluating discipline models, and applies the four most highly rated standards to the Canter, Dreikurs, and Kounin discipline models. (SV)