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Janet E. Fischel; Stacey Storch Bracken; Ariela Fuchs-Eisenberg; Elana G. Spira; Samantha Katz; Gary Shaller – Journal of Literacy Research, 2007
Two curricula designed to enhance the early literacy skills of 4-year-old preschool children were evaluated against a third, comparison condition. Thirty-five Head Start preschool classrooms were assigned randomly to incorporate one of two early literacy curricular approaches, "Let's Begin with the Letter PeopleĀ®" or "Waterford…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Federal Programs
Lansiquot, Reneta D. – IGI Global, 2013
Involving two or more academic subjects, interdisciplinary studies aim to blend together broad perspectives, knowledge, skills, and epistemology in an educational setting. By focusing on topics or questions too broad for a single discipline to cover, these studies strive to draw connections between seemingly different fields. Cases on…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Organizational Change, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1976
This booklet presents brief descriptions of 13 demonstration projects developed by school districts and other educational organizations in New York, using funds granted under Title IV-C of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Each of the program descriptions includes the title of the demonstration project, a brief discussion of the project and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Elkind, D.; And Others – 1974
The World of Inquiry School (WOIS) derived its impetus from the wish to demonstrate that quality integrated urban education was both feasible and practical. The aim was to create a school in which the ethnic mix of the student body was a microcosm of the ethnic mix of the larger community. In addition, a new organizational school system, modeled…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Schools, Experimental Schools
Nava, Hector; And Others – 1984
Results of a national study of the use of funds provided by the 1974 amendments to Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act by the state education agencies (SEAs) are presented. The study was undertaken to (1) describe and analyze SEA policies and activities regarding bilingual education, (2) describe and analyze the SEA-level…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Bilingual Education, Budgeting, Case Studies
St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists
ADKINS, WINTHROP R.; ROSENBERG, SIDNEY – 1967
THIS REPORT OUTLINES A DEMONSTRATION-RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 600 DISADVANTAGED 17- 21-YEAR-OLD OUT-OF-SCHOOL, UNEMPLOYED, OR UNDEREMPLOYED MALES FROM THE PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO BEDFORD-STUYVESANT AREA OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. FUNDED JOINTLY BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE PROGRAM…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Counseling Instructional Programs
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1990
The concept of the school as community encompasses two distinct relationships: the school/extended community and the internal school community. As social needs and conditions change, so does the school role in the community. Topics covered in this book include benefits of collaboration between the external community and the school, the creation of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
Kelly, Gail P.; Seller, Maxine S. – 1985
In 1984, the New York State Regents issued an action plan calling for changes in curriculum, high school graduation requirements, and educational standards. Histories of school reform indicate, however, that state legislation alone cannot successfully or permanently improve educational practice. This essay therefore surveys the history of federal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Economics, Educational History
Thompson, Frank V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The influence of industrial vocational education is having its effect upon practices and methods of commercial education. The practice of industrial education of analyzing a curriculum of subjects containing values of vocational work, related vocational, and non-vocational subjects is causing the examination of commercial education with a view to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Secondary Education, School Surveys, Industrial Education