Is there a better education model for English learners (ELs) in the United States? The Internationals Network for Public Schools (the Network) now supports 21 schools and six academies in seven states as well as Washington, D.C. They are open only to immigrants who have been living in the United States for less than four years and who score in the…

This comprehensive toolkit will bring you up to speed on why RTI is one of the most important educational initiatives in recent history and sets the stage for its future role in teacher education and practice. The authors demonstrate innovative ways to use RTI to inform instruction and guide curriculum development in inclusive classroom settings.…

This "Brief Report" summarizes results from a study that investigated joint effects of two innovations adopted at a high school in an affluent suburban community in the northeast United States: 4 x 4 block scheduling and the "Standards"-based curriculum, the Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP).

Administrators at Findlay City Schools had been researching methods to improve student achievement. District administrators decided to work to form professional learning communities to focus on improved student learning. Findlay High School had recently added a freshman wing to help students transition to high school and allow teachers to focus on…

One of the major impediments to the adoption of needed curricular reform in the high school is the restrictive, manually constructed schedule. To help solve this scheduling problem, the computer based Stanford School Scheduling System (SSSS) was developed. Experience with the SSSS demonstrates its feasibility and shows that administrators can be…

Article discussed use of schedule modules in a large Catholic high school. (SP)

A Massachusetts regional high school that was formerly on probation has totally restructured its school day, culture, curriculum, and treatment of professionals. Flex time, offered in exchange for performing building supervision duties, allows teachers more flexibility and control in structuring their professional and personal lives. A more…

EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RESCHEDULING THE SCHOOL YEAR WERE INVESTIGATED SO THAT, WITH THE PROVISION OF THE SAME NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS AS ARE INCLUDED IN THE 13 YEAR SYSTEM, STUDENTS CAN COMPLETE THEIR SCHOOLING IN 11 OR 12 YEARS. THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN INCLUDED (1) A RURAL TOWN, A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, A SMALL CITY, AND…

Ways to accommodate vocational electives in light of increased graduation requirements include eliminating early dismissal, offering earlier and later courses, offering required courses twice a day, minimizing schedule conflicts, allowing independent study, encouraging vocational/academic department cooperation, spreading graduation requirements…

As of 1996, Chaparral High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, was in the fourth year of a radical restructuring effort. The school changed from a 6-period day, composed of 51-minute periods, to an alternating day schedule, composed of 3 102-minute periods per day. This report describes how the school developed and implemented the new schedule. Faculty…

Adopting an outcome-based system at Minnesota's State Arts High School has produced sweeping changes that transcend curriculum reorganization, ungraded report cards, and a revised daily schedule. The school prints outcomes on students' course report forms, or student learning plans; teachers indicate performance levels of…

To include students with more severe disabilities, a California high school devised a buddy system, facilitated collaboration among special-education staff, matched students with appropriate teachers, and used grading and curriculum adaptation. A sidebar describes how functional behavioral assessment can help students gain control. (MLH)

This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…

Education Resource Strategies (ERS) works with school and district leaders to help them more strategically use resources--people, time, and money--to improve student performance. They have found that many school districts begin creating small high schools without a clear sense of how much they will spend or how to ensure that small schools…

During the next school year, South Brunswick (New Jersey) High School will offer an interdisciplinary course developed by six teachers under a grant from the Federal Government and the local Board of Education. The objectives of the two-year development project were: (1) to allow staff to explore alternatives to traditional secondary school…