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Download full textKaniuka, Theodore S.; Vitale, Michael R. – 1998
Research suggests that school reform initiatives have had minimal success in engendering systemic instructional improvement in schools. Within this evaluative context, this paper explores the means through which the paradigm of thinking about school instruction dominant in the profession (that is, Hirsch's "thoughtworld") potentially…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Education
PDF pending restorationShields, Carolyn M.; LaRocque, Linda J. – 1996
This paper reviews research literature on year-round schools (YRS) for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. The literature review is organized around the goals of the British Columbia Ministry of Education: (1) impact on student in terms of academic achievement, attitudes, and behavior; (2) costs and benefits; (3) facility use; (4) impact…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
