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Download full textLuschei, Tom – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2017
Despite California's great wealth, child poverty places a drag on the state's educational performance. Disadvantaged children--including English learners, foster children, and the poor--do not receive the educational attention and services that they require to be successful. Although California's Local Control Funding Formula recognizes this…
Descriptors: Poverty, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education, Educational Equity (Finance)
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Direct linkCorte-Real, Maria De Sao Jose – Intercultural Education, 2008
MUSSI is the name of a she-cat from an imaginary story invented and told by children from two elementary schools through different performing modalities. It is also the name of a pilot project of Applied Ethnomusicology funded by a major Portuguese Company, SONAE Sierra, through the local Loures Shopping Centre, which paid for the musical…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Research Projects, Pilot Projects, Musical Instruments
Palmer, Stephen D. – School Administrator, 2005
Through recent doctoral research, the author examined the powerful force of school culture, as well as other factors, and the role it plays in schools with multiage classrooms. Combined with his personal experiences, he is certain of one thing: School-based innovations face an uphill battle. This article briefly discusses the author's examination…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, School Culture, Mixed Age Grouping, Elementary Schools
Monson, Michele – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2006
In preparation for the centennial of Montessori education, school leaders have a unique responsibility--not only to the communities, but also to Dr. Montessori's memory--to revise the educational practices in a manner that is both respectful of her theories and responsive to a changing educational landscape. This article outlines one example of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Montessori Schools, Child Development, Montessori Method
McIntyre, Ellen; Kyle, Diane – Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 2002
In nongraded, multi-age classrooms, children have the opportunity to learn a great deal from their more proficient classmates. Children in multi-age, nongraded programs often learn that children differ, and they learn to assist each other in productive ways. The organizational scheme has the potential to remove much of the competition of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Urban Schools, Poverty, Social Development
Burpo, Dianne Childers; Wheeler, Pat – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Describes the use of cooperative learning centers (CLCs) in an inner-city fourth-grade classroom. These seven CLCs focused on mathematics, language, writing, learning with kindergartners, computers, interest group, and free reading, with students taking weekly turns at being the center "specialist" or group leader. The effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
