Calls for reframing the subject matter of Religious Education in schools include the tricky question of how to select from a world of potentially interesting and relevant material. Pedagogues have long questioned the educational logic that takes so-called substantive knowledge as its starting point and imagines education to follow a linear path…

The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) conducted research in New Mexico to provide state leaders and stakeholders a research perspective on the challenges facing education and to identify evidence- based ways that state policy can address them. This report complements the main report, "Improving Education the New Mexico Way: An Evidence-Based…

In the field of teaching, one of the interesting subjects is the research of the fact which didactic methods are good for learning the current curriculum for the students who show a wide range of age, interest, chosen courses, previous studies and motivation. This article introduces the facilities that support the learning process: the…

The Wallace Foundation is funding a multiyear demonstration project to determine whether voluntary, district summer learning programs can stem summer learning loss for low-income students. Six districts--Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Duval County (Florida), Pittsburgh, and Rochester, New York--were selected for the demonstration project and…

This paper argues that the implications of the concept of situated learning are important when developing a curriculum for initial teacher education (ITE). It describes and analyses the use of a model of ITE designed to stimulate discussions promoting the development of professional craft knowledge situated mainly in schools and to connect these…

The Algebra Project DR K-12, funded by the National Science Foundation as a Research and Development Project, addressed the challenge of offering significant STEM content for students to ensure public literacy and workforce readiness. The project's primary purpose was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a model for establishing four-year…

The directory presents information on model programs, curriculum materials, and guides regarding Handicapped Student Programs and Services (HSPS) funds in California community colleges. Materials were identified via criteria which considered them exemplary and then selected by an advisory committee. Citations are organized in five major topics…

A Wisconsin elementary school program for talented and gifted students has provided a receptive atmosphere for curricular innovation that has proven beneficial for the entire school. (JBM)

Behind the Hochungra Headstart Model's motivating forces was a commitment to two values: (1) that Native Americans direct their children's education, and (2) that "education" should help actualize and fulfill personalities and clarify and expand the participants' future choices. (NQ)

Presents guidelines for developing plans and courses in environmental education. Describes how school districts in several parts of the country are conducting model projects in environmental education. (Author/JH)

A systematic, coherent reading program leads to improvement in the achievement of an entire elementary school. (DD)

After reviewing five existing collaborative models for preservice and continuing teacher education, this article proposes a reciprocal model for collaboration that will be mutually beneficial to institutions and individuals involved in teaching and teacher education. (IAH)

Describes and evaluates a 3-year, 6-district (2 urban, 2 suburban, and 2 rural) Effective Schools Process demonstration project in Ohio. (PKP)