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Kelly Robson Foster; Tanvi Kodali; Bonnie O’Keefe; Andrew J. Rotherham; Andy Jacob – Bellwether, 2024
Improving reading instruction is one of the hottest topics in K-12 education today. It is also one of the most complex, encompassing pedagogy, policy, and politics -- all rooted in a long history of arguments about the best way to teach kids to read. This analysis is a primer on the "Science of Reading" and efforts to implement it across…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Educational Trends, Educational Policy, Reading Instruction
Newton, Debra Lee – 1992
This report of qualitative findings, gathered from four sources, presents guidelines to promote implementation of whole language. The report uses Donald Ely's (1990) conditions for change as a framework. These conditions are: dissatisfaction with the status quo, the existence of knowledge and skills, availability of time and resources,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Interviews
Smith, Joe M.; Teepe, Heidi, R. – Principal, 1996
Principals can successfully implement whole language reading programs if they educate staff and parents; engage in effective, inclusive long-range planning; encourage sharing among teachers; incorporate flexibility and experimentation in program development; and create an appropriate program evaluation system. Staff involvement is the key to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Planning
Danehower, Victoria F. – Schools in the Middle, 1993
Whole language supports a grass-roots approach to teaching through student writing that combines reading and writing across the curriculum with literature and interdisciplinary units. The whole-language approach has great value at the middle level but is time-consuming and requires considerable staff development and administrator support. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Developmental Programs, Intermediate Grades
Falk, Beverly; Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1993
This report examines outcomes of the Primary Language Record (PLR), a program for systematically observing students in various aspects of their literacy development. The PLR uses classroom events and samples of student work to record students' progress and interests, recommend strategies for addressing needs and building on talents, and discuss…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods, Performance Based Assessment
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Kelliher, Margaret F. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes community service learning (CSL) programs at Pottenger School, Springfield (Massachusetts). The kindergarten through grade-12 school, a literature-based whole-language school, integrates CSL into the curriculum through writing about student experiences. CSL projects have included feeding the homeless, corresponding with a soldier, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Elementary Education