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Mowschenson, Julie Joyal; Weintraub, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
This article describes Brookline High School's new Tutorial Program, an alternative to the more traditional special education learning center. The Tutorial serves students with learning disabilities, replacing conventional special education support with academic guidance from regular classroom teachers. Tutorial students meet daily with a team of…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests, Learning Centers (Classroom)
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Cowan, John E. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2008
In this article, the author introduces a series of practical strategies to support the development of an innovative and technology-rich curriculum. The author begins with the importance of understanding what possibilities for innovation exist given the relationship between curriculum, equity issues, and education reform. The author then discusses…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Internet
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
Known primarily for its tutoring and testing of grade-school and high-school students, for-profit Sylvan Learning Systems has developed interests in distance education, teacher education, English-language training, and college-level study outside the United States. The company is consciously stepping up its presence in areas associated with higher…
Descriptors: Competition, Distance Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries