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Peer reviewedGeneivive, David V.; DeRose, Diego; Ligas, Maria – ERS Spectrum, 2011
This report describes the final evaluation of a condensed work schedule, the Summer 2009 4-Day Work Week (S4-DWW), adopted by The School Board of Broward County, Florida. The goal for the program was to close the entire district for 1 day each week to reduce utility costs. Except for a few cases, district schools and offices were closed on Fridays…
Descriptors: Energy Management, Program Effectiveness, Boards of Education, Urban Schools
Peer reviewedSmith, Robert G. – ERS Spectrum, 1994
Teachers from 20 schools in Spring Independent School District in Houston, Texas, are attempting to solve students' learning difficulties by using a study-team process. Teams are changing instructional practices to motivate students to read, addressing individual student cases to improve language expression, and assessing different methods to help…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems, Problem Solving, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedEisler, Judith A.; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1994
Student Service and Philanthropy Project, a three-year demonstration program, was established by Surdna Foundation in cooperation with New York City Public Schools during the 1991-92 school year. Given a chance to govern and administer minifoundations committed to public service, students might realize they can be a force for positive social…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, High Schools
Peer reviewedMason, Richard W. – ERS Spectrum, 1997
Describes how staff at a Wisconsin elementary school developed a plan that dramatically increased parents' participation and visibility and created a useful method of tracking and measuring that participation. Teachers used a simple grid to chart parents' participation in various activities throughout the year. By the second year, the school had…
Descriptors: Action Research, Activities, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship
Peer reviewedBelli, Gabriella; van Lingen, Gabriele – ERS Spectrum, 1993
Recently, a group of 26 elementary, middle, and high school principals met to evaluate the Prince William County (Virginia) Public Schools' school-based management system after its first year of operation. Principals made generally positive comments about budgetary changes; staff and community involvement; the evaluation process; and the role…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Peer reviewedStrusinski, Marianne; Collins, Robert A. – ERS Spectrum, 1999
Evaluates a program that rewards Miami-area youths for adhering to a drug-free lifestyle. Students may belong to the Drug Free Youth in Town Club by presenting clear urine samples and agreeing to random testing. Principals and students like the program, which includes a community-service component. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Services, Drug Education, Drug Use Testing
