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Direct linkFalloon, Garry; Trewern, Ann – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
The concept of partnerships between schools and practicing scientists came to prominence in the United States in the mid 1980s. The call by government for greater private sector involvement in education to raise standards in science achievement saw a variety of programmes developed, ranging from short-term sponsorships through to longer-term,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Science Education, Scientists
Download full textWilliams, Trish; Haertel, Edward; Kirst, Michael W.; Rosin, Matthew; Perry, Mary – EdSource, 2011
Early in 2010, EdSource released a landmark study on middle grades education in California. "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades" looked at the critical 6th- to 8th-grade years in the context of standards-based education. The analysis identified a comprehensive set of practices that differentiated higher from lower schoolwide academic…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Bisbee, Beverly – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2004
This article describes how the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) is changing the way the state's middle school students learn. MLTI is the largest education project in Maine's history, aimed at eliminating the digital divide by loaning a laptop to each seventh and eighth grade student and teacher in the state. The Initiative has put…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Uses in Education, Web Sites
