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Tyre, Ashli; Feuerborn, Laura; Lilly, Kristen – ERS Spectrum, 2010
While there is a wide body of research to support the effectiveness of schoolwide positive behavior support (PBS), there are significant challenges to facilitating sustainable implementation. The present study begins to address these challenges by exploring PBS implementation in a diverse, regionally isolated elementary school that previously…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Resource Allocation, Program Implementation, Educational Planning
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Black, Sally; Washington, Ericka – ERS Spectrum, 2008
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (BPP) is an internationally recognized school-based bullying prevention program. This project sought to evaluate pilot implementation of the program in one urban district using fidelity of implementation, bullying incident density (BID), student surveys, and serious incident reports as process and outcome…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Bullying, Prevention, At Risk Students
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Kneese, Carolyn Calvin – ERS Spectrum, 2000
Summarizes a study of six matched year-round and traditional-calendar elementary schools in a West Coast district. After 4 years, the year-round programs produced acceptable academic growth in students, compared to controls. Gains were higher for math than reading and slowed after several years. (Contains 31 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Influences, Program Evaluation
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Vann, Allan S. – ERS Spectrum, 1993
Evaluates a small New York school district's efforts to reorganize its two K-5 elementary schools into one K-2 primary grade school and one 3-5 intermediate school, focusing on student, staff, and parent reactions. Although the new arrangement created more focused schools, the intermediate principal misses the energy deriving from the Kindergarten…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Principals, Program Evaluation
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Olstead, Krista; Bryant, Bev – ERS Spectrum, 1995
Based on interviews with a principal and two teachers at a Virginia elementary school piloting a multiage program for six- to eight-year-olds, this article describes the program's bottom-up development, holistic orientation, and stress on team teaching and continuous progress. Next year's program will offer more options, including a fourth- and…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Interviews
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North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium – ERS Spectrum, 2001
Presents guiding questions developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Technology Planning Task Force. Questions revolve around creating a vision of learning, using technology to support the mission, developing a supportive infrastructure, understanding the plan's context, garnering public support, and implementing and evaluating the plan.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Mission
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Eisler, Judith A.; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1995
Describes a districtwide conflict-resolution program implemented in all New York City high schools during 1992-93. The program tries to empower students and staff by teaching them how to resolve conflicts nonviolently and use conflict as a vehicle for personal growth. During the first year, schools made substantial progress in handling…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Involvement, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation