The Lyceum, implemented by Guilford County Schools (GCS), was an arts education program designed to promote arts integration for all GCS students and exposure to Entertainment Arts & Technology for students at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts. The Lyceum impact evaluation used a quasi-experimental design (QED) to examine the effect of…

This paper examines the impact of a structured, multi-dimensional reflection track of a 16-week pilot programme in experimental pedagogics (XP) in The Netherlands. XP is an elective undergraduate programme in which students investigate socially relevant educational problems in local communities and design educational interventions to address these…

This research investigates teacher implementation of the Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) model over time and after teachers received a unique combination of additional GLAD training, coaching, and collaboration. Teachers who took part in this in this study had previously received an initial full-week, intensive GLAD training; however,…

Implementation of communication-across-the-curriculum initiatives has outpaced their systematic assessment, leaving many stakeholders wondering whether faculty and students are benefiting from the emphasis on writing, speaking, and other communicative media in discipline-based courses and curricula. Increasing interest in assessment, however, has…

Based on the "Guidelines for Energy Education in Social Studies" developed by the National Council for the Social Studies in 1981, this checklist will enable curriculum planners to weigh their ideas and proposals against carefully developed statements of principles and standards. (RM)

The OEYP state-funded program provides extended learning for students who are at risk of academic failure. This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's OEYP activities during 2008-2009.

This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's state-funded optional extended year program for the 2007-2008 school year.

Criticizes discipline-based art education (DBAE), as proposed by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, as being too confining for classroom use. Considers DBAE to be too narrow and limiting for teachers and calls for new interpretations of a more interdisciplinary view of art education. (GEA)

Highlights project activities of the environmental education team at the park service in Warrington (England). Activities include visits to local schools and continuation of research and production of teacher resource materials. (JN)

This report on the status of SEARCH provides information about its beginnings, funding considerations, case studies of project success, evaluation methods, and application and testing of SEARCH in a number of school districts throughout the state of New York. Project SEARCH is geared to humanizing education by making students aware of the values…

The article describes an alternative approach to team training in special education which emphasizes transactional and ecological perspectives. Components, problems, and eight-year evaluation data on the approach are discussed. (CL)

Presented is a curriculum in archaeology for grades 6, 7, and 8. The curriculum covers 10,000 years of history common to America and presents material for interdisciplinary presentation. The effectiveness of the curriculum, based on evaluation data, is predicted. Data were collected via a pre- and post-test. Validity, sensitivity, and reliability…

Between fiscal years 1985-86 and 1990-91 the Swedish government earmarked funding for cultural projects. The aims were both to increase the element of culture in schoolwork and to establish and strengthen ties between school and cultural life outside school. Local municipalities could apply for funding for projects initiatiated by the schools.…

A report is given of the problems and successes of an evaluation team engaged in examining a 9-year community research demonstration project. The project, the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program, was designed to develop effective health education programs and to institutionalize these programs through community organizations so that they are…

Training of interdisciplinary teams to serve the mainstreamed special student was the focus of the California Child Service Demonstration Center System (CSDC). (SBH)