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Hoyt-Parrish, Valerie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
New policy at LHP (pseudonym) requires all teachers to implement the Danish Forest School approach and integrate the natural outdoor areas surrounding the campus in their curriculum and pedagogy. The purposes of the present study are to identify the cognitive, affective and psychomotor impact of the Danish Forest School approach on students and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Natural Resources, Teaching Methods
Diaz-Booz, Ana – School Administrator, 2011
In this article, the author discusses her school's ability to retain its Latino students through a college-going culture based on non-negotiables. The School of International Business of the Kearny High School community, which is part of the San Diego Unified Schools, has flourished during its seven-year history despite constant budget uncertainty…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement, Hispanic American Students
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National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2009
After-school programs receive federal support through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, established in 1999. A primary purpose of the program is to provide opportunities for academic enrichment to help students meet state and local standards in core content areas. Findings from a previous national evaluation of the program indicate that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement
Jordan, Catherine, Ed.; Parker, Joe, Ed.; Donnelly, Deborah, Ed.; Rudo, Zena, Ed. – SEDL, 2009
This Guide is intended to share the insights of SEDL's National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning (the National Partnership) as well as information about both the academic and the organizational and management practices that successful afterschool programs use. The authors have organized these practices into the following four focus…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, After School Programs, Educational Practices, Educational Objectives
Knoblock, Kathleen, Ed. – New Mexico Public Education Department, 2007
The term three-tier model of intervention is a model consisting of three well-defined and separate processes running on different levels within a system. In New Mexico, this principle has been applied to develop a model of student intervention for school-aged students. The model has three distinct levels of instructional interventions that account…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Student Needs, Early Intervention, Individualized Education Programs
Mass Insight Education (NJ1), 2005
"Refining Remediation" is the fifth installment from the "Keep the Promise" initiative, a three-year research project led by the Mass Insight Education and Research Institute in conjunction with the Boston, Springfield, and Worcester Public Schools. Since 2003, "Keep the Promise" has been investigating school reform's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Accountability, Remedial Instruction
Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this publication is to identify the essential components of appropriate programming mandated by Alberta Education for students with special education needs, to provide examples of effective practices, to establish a common understanding of the terminology associated with this specialized field, and to clarify the meaning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Special Needs Students, Student Needs