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Peer reviewedDocherty, Dana McDaniel; Davis, Beverly Irby – Educational Leadership, 1992
Staff at a Baton Rouge (Louisiana) elementary school devised an innovative program to introduce disadvantaged children to opportunities outside their ghetto neighborhood. The Discovery Expeditions plan attempted to address dropout prevention by increasing student awareness of resources and vocational opportunities in Baton Rouge and other areas,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Discovery Learning, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedHopkins, L. Thomas – Educational Leadership, 1976
Curriculum that is centered in or is the study of the firsthand experiences of pupils is compared to curriculum centered on book learning. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGeorge, Paul S. – Educational Leadership, 2001
Over the past 30 years, Florida's 500 middle schools have become more sizeable, racially segregated, and security conscious. Other features include interdisciplinary team organization, warring curricula, block schedules, integrated technology, inclusion, ability grouping, corporate practices, and female and minority principals committed to…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Standards, Advertising, Block Scheduling
