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Catherine Lawless Frank; Novea McIntosh; Connie Mathes – Middle School Journal, 2024
The United States, in less than 50 years, has gone from legal segregation and exclusion of students with disabilities in schools to an emphasis on inclusion in the least restrictive environments based on individual student needs. The United States has made great strides in the physical inclusion of students with disabilities, but work is still…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Equal Education, Outcomes of Education
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Dieker, Lisa A.; Butler, Malcolm B.; Ortiz, Enrique; Gao, Su – Education Sciences, 2021
The importance of partnerships is critical in educational arenas, but information on how partnerships form with the involvement of corporations, districts, and universities working in harmony is limited in the current literature. The teacher preparation program described in this paper is a "built-to-last" partnership model with over 650…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, College School Cooperation
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Lawrence, Deborah A.; Mancuso, Tina A. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
Multiple initiatives have been launched to try to widen the pipeline for women to enter engineering careers, including reviews of gender differences in enrollment in technology and pre-engineering courses from middle school through doctoral degrees. National agencies have also studied some of the social and cultural forces at play with regard to…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Engineering Education, Career Development
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2010
The Day of Silence is the largest single student-led action towards creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. From the first-ever Day of Silence at the University of Virginia in 1996, to the organizing efforts in over 8,000 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities across…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity
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Schaefer, Mary Beth; Rivera, Lourdes M.; Ophals, Elizabeth – Middle School Journal (J3), 2010
The authors describe the development and implementation of the Career Institute, a program designed to provide opportunities for young adolescents to explore their interests and abilities in relation to their current educational experiences and future college and career goals. They share details about how the school-wide career development program…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Program Development, Educational Experience, Career Development
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Pitton, Debra Eckerman – Action in Teacher Education, 2006
The Bullying Project describes the development and implementation of a service-learning component within a preservice course. The evolution of the work completed by the students in their partnership with the local middle school provides insights into the opportunities that such relationships provide both the college students and the school site.…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Bullying, Middle Schools