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Improving Reading in Australia's Outback
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Lyn Sharratt; Peter Hayes; James Coutts – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Ten years ago, six teachers established a program of literacy intervention and professional learning in remote northwestern Australia based on the Reading Recovery principles. This group of teachers was determined to learn what had to happen in order for them to make a difference with students and then to make it happen. Their work led to getting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Literacy, Faculty Development
Career and Technical Education: The Building Blocks of Early Childhood Education
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Gibbs, Hope J. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2004
Nationwide, there is a growing understanding of the connection between quality early childhood education and future academic success. In almost every article, study and report, the following words are found somewhere in the text: children who attend high-quality preschool are more successful in kindergarten and beyond--both academically and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Career Education, Vocational Schools, Technical Education
Harvard Education Letter. Volume 22, Number 4, July-August 2006
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Chauncey, Caroline, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2006
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Beyond Auto Shop 1: Is Career and Technical Education a Promising Path for High School Reform? (Lucy Hood); (2) The School Readiness Gap:…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, School Readiness, Educational Change, Technical Education