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Browne, Daniel – Wallace Foundation, 2019
This Wallace "Perspective" delves into what makes for a high-quality, voluntary summer learning program, one that provides children from disadvantaged communities with engaging academics as well as stimulating enrichment activities during the interval between the end of the school year and back-to-school time. Interest in these programs…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment Activities, Program Effectiveness
Washington, Julie A.; Seidenberg, Mark S. – American Educator, 2021
Teaching reading to children whose language differs from the oral language of the classroom and from the linguistic structure of academic text adds an additional layer of complexity to reading instruction. There is a large and growing body of evidence indicating that language variation impacts reading, spelling, and writing in predictable ways. In…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, African American Students, Language Usage, Language of Instruction
Tursman, Cindy – 1981
Summarizing recent research, this seven-chapter report gives both characteristics and examples of effective schools and lists recommendations for achieving school effectiveness. Chapter 1 cites numerous recent studies to show that, in contradiction to earlier conclusions by James S. Coleman and Christopher Jencks, schools can be effective.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Bruner, Darlene York; Greenlee, Bobbie J. – Principal, 2002
Describes several ways principals can successfully align state standards with the school curriculum. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Blank, Rolf K. – 1987
The Council of Chief State School Officers is in the process of assessing reforms that are aimed at improving science and mathematics education at the elementary and secondary levels. This document provides tabulations of the number of states that currently collect data on various indicators of science and mathematics education. Six categories of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum, Data Collection, Educational Change