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Holkenbrink-Monk, Charlene E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Education reform has been at the forefront of educational research for decades, depicted by government initiatives and policy, research, and pedagogical changes and recommendations. When considering elements of educational change, policy, best practices, and individual merit and retention have also been heavily in the spotlight, such as "A…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, High School Graduates, Social Studies
Marsh, Valerie L.; Nelms, Shaun C.; Peyre, Sarah; Larson, Joanne – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
The University of Rochester and East High School in Rochester, New York, entered into a partnership in 2015, hoping to transform the school to prevent shut down by the state. Both partners were wary because of the district's failed attempts at reform and the history of similar partnerships elsewhere. A new state-level reform option allowed the…
Descriptors: Universities, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Educational Change
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Gaiha, Shivani Mathur; Zorrilla, Marcia; Sachnoff, Ira; Smuin, Stephen; Lazaro, Adrienne; Ceballos, Richard Daniel, III; Razo, Anabel; Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: We developed the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit (Toolkit) to enhance the impact of school-based tobacco education. This study describes the process of developing the Toolkit, its contents, and reach. Methods: Qualitative community-based participatory research (CBPR), including focus group discussions (N = 152) and working groups with…
Descriptors: Smoking, Prevention, Web Sites, Open Educational Resources
Houston Independent School District, 2021
This report describes the Achieve 180 Program in Year 3, the last of the three years initially planned for this comprehensive program. The 54 participating schools received Texas Education Agency campus accountability ratings of "Improvement Required" (IR), "Not Rated," or "Former Improvement Required". The 2019-2020…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Improvement, Accountability
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Berman, Rochel Udovitch – Religious Education, 2019
"The Final Journey: How Judaism Dignifies the Passage" is a trailblazing curriculum developed to teach Jewish death rituals to high school seniors. For the students, it served as a transformative experience. They emerged more reflective, more spiritual, and with a greater sense of the importance of community involvement. The article…
Descriptors: Judaism, Curriculum Development, Religious Education, Death
Burton, Dolores; Kappenberg, John – Corwin, 2012
This comprehensive toolkit will bring you up to speed on why RTI is one of the most important educational initiatives in recent history and sets the stage for its future role in teacher education and practice. The authors demonstrate innovative ways to use RTI to inform instruction and guide curriculum development in inclusive classroom settings.…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Curriculum Development, Literacy, Reading