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Fahmy, Sarah; Osnes, Beth – Research in Drama Education, 2023
Recognising young women's authorship as a powerful force for civic change, we developed a creative framework for applied theatre that cultivates a space for young women to co-author "little words, BIG ISSUES": a diversity and inclusion workshop facilitated in cooperation with U.S middle school students. Activating girl-led activism…
Descriptors: Drama, Females, Diversity, Inclusion
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui – Online Submission, 2016
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2015-2016. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, School Districts, Outcomes of Education, Elementary School Students
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui – Online Submission, 2016
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Cycle 8 of Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2015-2016. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, School Districts, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2014
Student outcomes on attendance, discipline, STAAR scores, and GPA were compared between school years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 in Afterschool Centers on Education programs at AISD campuses.
Descriptors: School Districts, After School Programs, Attendance, Discipline
Snow, Catherine E.; Lawrence, Joshua F. – Council of the Great City Schools, 2011
When the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) began working with Boston Public Schools (BPS) in 2005, the most pressing need articulated by the district was research and development in the area of middle school literacy. Thus SERP researchers undertook to specify more precisely what the middle school literacy problem in BPS was by…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Literacy, Intervention
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Garet, Michael S.; Wayne, Andrew J.; Stancavage, Fran; Taylor, James; Eaton, Marian; Walters, Kirk; Song, Mengli; Brown, Seth; Hurlburt, Steven; Zhu, Pei; Sepanik, Susan; Doolittle, Fred – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This is the second and final report of the Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study, which examines the impact of providing a professional development (PD) program in rational number topics to seventh-grade mathematics teachers. An interim report (Garet et al. 2010) described the findings after one year of PD. The current…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
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Coenen, Matthew E. – Gifted Child Today, 2002
This article provides an overview of an after school program one school implemented that included gifted middle school students as peer tutors for those who needed additional outside help and support. The development, design, objectives, and positive outcomes of the Homework Helpers program are described. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Gifted, Helping Relationship
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Sprague, Jeffrey; Walker, Hill; Golly, Annemieke; White, Kathy; Myers, Dale R.; Shannon, Tad – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
The implementation of a school-wide discipline plan based on the Effective Behavior Support model in nine elementary and middle schools, in addition to the Second Step violence prevention curriculum, resulted in reductions of discipline referrals, improved social skill knowledge, improved school operations, and motivation to continue with the…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Discipline Policy
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Kutash, Krista; Duchnowski, Albert J.; Sumi, W. Carl; Rudo, Zena; Harris, Karen M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2002
This article describes a successful school-based program for students with emotional disturbances served in a special education setting. Program features include a professional training program, development and implementation of a strengths-based plan in which students and families are included as partners, and a method for evaluating the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Family Involvement, Middle School Students
Morgan, Lena P.; Hertzog, C. Jay – Principal Leadership, 2001
To determine students' areas of concern while moving from middle- to high-school level, two college deans surveyed all eighth- and ninth-graders in four northwest Georgia school systems. Comprehensive transitional programs targeted concerns about curriculum, facilities, safety, discipline, staff, and general routines. A Wisconsin transition…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Discipline, Educational Facilities, Grade 8
Hammrich, Penny L.; Price, Lynda; Slesaransky-Poe, Graciela – 2001
This report describes a program created specifically to address the fact that individuals with disabilities, especially girls, have been widely under-served and under-educated in the areas of science, math, and technology. The "Daughters with Disabilities" project was designed to encourage more girls with disabilities from five inner-city schools…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education