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Koski, Mary – Educational Leadership, 1993
Change began in Saint Charles (Illinois) School District with a few teachers implementing new ideas in their own classrooms. Organized change began as principals and other administrators encouraged teachers to learn and grow. While teachers were developing process writing and whole-language programs, district embraced systemic change by entrusting…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum

Barclay, Kathy H.; Lane, Judith – Middle School Journal, 1993
Discusses collaboration between a teacher and an education professor in developing and implementing a new reading/language-arts program in a fifth-grade classroom. The move from a traditional basal reading and language-arts textbook approach to one using novels and process writing meant many changes for both teacher and students. An Author's…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Middle Schools, Program Development