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Download full textNyhan, Paul – Foundation for Child Development, 2011
The New School Foundation was not born from a commission, legislative mandate, research project, think tank, or even the mind of a leading education scholar. One of Washington state's pioneering PreK-3rd initiatives began as the brainchild of a wealthy Seattle businessman, Stuart Sloan, 20 years ago. The New School Foundation and its ideas were…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Public Schools, Educational Change, Early Childhood Education
McConnell, Beverly B. – 1991
This report evaluates the 1990-91 implementation of the Parent Leadership Training Program in Washington State. Teams from each of seven elementary schools received a manual of materials and guidance on recruiting parents, involving teaching staff, and providing support services. They then implemented the program in their schools. The first part…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Leadership Training, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Peer reviewedSimone, Genet – Educational Leadership, 2001
Researchers found that a Washington State fourth-grade teacher successfully met the demands of standards-based writing instruction without compromising her teaching stance or diverse students' learning. She instituted 15-minute class meetings to address student problems, read aloud from books with relevant characters, and used innovative,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Schwab, R. G. Jerry; And Others – 1992
This four-document collection describes the implementation processes of dramatically improved literacy programs in elementary schools which are leading the move to restructure literacy education in the Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington). The first document in the collection, "Strategies for Improving School-Wide…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation
Stecher, Brian M.; Barron, Sheila L.; Chun, Tammi; Ross, Karen – 2000
The effects of Washington state education reforms on schools and classrooms were studied through surveys completed by about 150 elementary and middle school principals and about 400 writing and mathematics teachers in grades 4 and 7, the grades in which students take the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) tests. The surveys asked…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
McConnell, Beverly – 1981
This paper is a description of an Individualized Bilingual Instruction (IBI) program which was nationally validated by the U.S. Department of Education and listed in their directory of "Educational Programs That Work." It provides information on the technology of the IBI program, the type of curriculum selected and how the staff was…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Individualized Instruction
