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Natale, Jo Anna – American School Board Journal, 1995
In 1990 two Baltimore, Maryland, schools began an educational experiment. The Barclay School, a public elementary and middle school, won permission to bypass the city's curriculum and adopt the program of the Calvert School, a private elementary school. Test scores and writing skills of Barclay students have improved using the back-to-basics,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Download full textDwyer, David C.; And Others – 1982
Kensington School is an elementary school in Milford (Missouri) School District built in 1966 with open classrooms and designed for team teaching and other innovative practices. A visit 15 years later reveals that the physical plant has deteriorated somewhat, most classrooms are walled off from each other, and innovative structures are not now…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedNibbelink, William H. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1990
Proposed is a gradual transition from arithmetic to the idea of an equation with variables in the elementary grades. Vertical and horizontal formats of open sentences, the instructional sequence, vocabulary, and levels of understanding are discussed in this article. (KR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Back to Basics, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedMechling, Kenneth R.; Oliver, Donna L. – Science and Children, 1983
Addresses issues related to the mortality of elementary science programs, considering role of curriculum planners, teachers, and building principals. Gives examples of factors responsible (in the form of a "10 most wanted poster") with at least one countermeasure for each. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Back to Basics, Curriculum Development
