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Download full textKaser, Joyce S. – NCSSSMST Journal, 2010
Based on the data gathered and the interviews with administrators, the author makes the following suggestions. These twelve recommendations are targeted primarily toward educators wanting to strengthen their own mathematics and science offerings, possibly by establishing a school-within-a school or launching a charter school. The recommendations…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Charter Schools, Science Programs, Mathematics Achievement
Direct linkMcCollough, Cherie A. – Science Teacher, 2011
Research indicates that increased parental involvement has a positive impact on student achievement, especially among Hispanic students (Zarate 2007; NSTA 2010). This author helped science teachers at Falfurrias High School in Falfurrias, Texas, implement Family Science events, which were held three times a semester and attended by high school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Programs, Parent Participation, Science Achievement
Kuipers, Joel – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2008
The rich diversity of suburban Washington DC's ethnic and linguistic communities flourish side by side with some of the most powerful homogenizing forces in the United States: National Bureau of Standards, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Education. This concern on accommodating centralized standards--not…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Federal Legislation, Science Achievement, National Standards
Felix, Allison; Harris, John – Technology Teacher, 2010
The topic of alternative energy is not only relevant to a multitude of issues today, it is also an effective vehicle for developing instruction that applies across a variety of content disciplines and academic standards. Since many of the issues associated with alternative energy are open-ended, alternative energy also lends itself to…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Academic Standards, Grants, Science Instruction
Robinson, George – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2005
In this interview, Dr. Robert Pavlica discusses the Byram Hills High School Authentic Science Program, which he founded and directs. This program has been replicated in school districts throughout the country, and the expense to start and maintain it is minimal. Students are self-selected into the program based on their desire to study and…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Science Achievement, Scientific Research, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHammrich, Penny L. – School Community Journal, 1998
Once a week, several classrooms of Philadelphia 4th-grade girls participate in Sisters in Science, an afterschool, intergenerational program sponsored by Temple University that provides hand-on activities exploring urban environmental issues. A two-week summer camp program helps these students explore the rivers of Philadelphia. Participants…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Career Education, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
