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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T.; Hodne, Peter; Stevahn, Laurie – Educational Leadership, 1997
Students attending a Minnesota school in a middle-class neighborhood are finding that cooperation, conflict resolution, and civic values are creating a safe haven from the stresses of family and neighborhood life. Students have two innovative programs (Continuous Progress and Discovery) to choose from. Highlands Elementary nurtures its students…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Classroom Environment, Community Schools, Conflict Resolution
Ventura, Ellen; And Others – Insights into Open Education, 1993
Recognizing that primary education needed to be changed in order to make it research-based and developmentally appropriate, a group of teachers in Wyoming developed a multi-age, team-taught class, called the Primary Education Program. The first year's class included 3 teachers and 60 students in kindergarten through first grade, and the second…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students, Flexible Scheduling