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Download full textHouston Independent School District, 2014
In 2010-2011, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) launched the Apollo 20 Program in four high schools and five middle schools in the district as a "turnaround" initiative with an emphasis on improving student performance in math. The key strategies of the turnaround initiative included having effective principals and effective…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, School Districts, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedHacker, R. G.; Carter, D. S. G. – British Educational Research Journal, 1987
Describes a study of teaching styles in 40 secondary social studies classrooms. Identifies three approaches to social studies teaching; the "social scientist" (pupil oriented), the "knowledge transmitter" (teacher oriented), and the "social inquirer" (pupil oriented toward personal development). Concludes that…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Research Reports
