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Sowell, Marsha – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020
Since 2007, escape rooms have become increasingly popular in mainstream society. The heightened sense of urgency felt when participating in escape games, united with the possibility of engaging students both in academic and soft-skills has led teachers to add escape games to the list of game-based strategies increasingly used in classrooms.…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, Middle School Students
American Institutes for Research, 2005
The Transition to Teaching (TTT) program is described in Part C, Innovations for Teacher Quality, Subpart 1, Chapter B of the "No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act." Its purposes are "(a) to recruit and retain highly qualified mid-career professionals (including highly qualified paraprofessionals) and recent graduates of an institution…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teacher Qualifications, Grants, Teacher Effectiveness
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Kinder, Diane; Stein, Marcy; Osborn, Jean – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
Two curriculum evaluation projects were conducted in response to requests from practitioners interested in determining the quality of commercially developed reading programs. The 1st project, sponsored by 3 school districts in Texas, focused on 5 1st grade reading programs. The 2nd, conducted at the request of junior high, middle-, and high-school…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Remedial Reading, Beginning Reading, Evaluation Criteria
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1988
A study examined Work Incentive (WIN) Demonstration programs in four states. The following programs were reviewed: Employment and Training Choices (in Massachusetts), Michigan Opportunity and Skills Training, the Employment Services Program (in Texas), and JOBS (in Oregon). A strict, across-the-board analysis of the programs was difficult because…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Demonstration Programs