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Gutter, Rachel; Knupp, Emily – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Green design, green construction, and green operations for new buildings are rapidly becoming the norm for school districts throughout the country. Today, increased availability of green products and technology coupled with cost savings that are realized through an integrated design process mean that schools like Arabia Mountain High School in…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Facilities Design, Sustainability, Cost Effectiveness
Renee, Michelle; McAlister, Sara – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Community organizing for school reform offers an urgently needed alternative to traditional approaches to school change. Many current reforms fail to thrive due to lack of trust, understanding, or cultural relevance to the community being targeted. The high turnover of reformers (superintendents, principals, or outside organizations) in high-need…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educational Change, Sustainability, Disadvantaged Environment
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
The education of teachers in the United States needs to be turned upside down. Teacher education must shift away from emphasizing academic preparation and course work loosely linked to school-based experiences to programs fully grounded in clinical practice and interwoven with academic content and professional courses. This clinically based…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Experiential Learning
Dessoff, Alan – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Until this year, the Oregon Department of Education ran a central portal of thousands of learning resources that required all teachers and students to have an email address as authentication for security purposes. Because many districts didn't offer student email, the learning materials were not available to everyone. In April, Oregon became the…
Descriptors: Internet, State Departments of Education, Electronic Mail, Systems Approach
Cianca, Marie; Lampe, Paul – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
In 2003, Dr. Freddie Thomas Middle School in Rochester, New York, was in serious trouble. In 2000, it had been labeled a "school under registration review" by the state's education department and was under a directive to make significant progress or face serious consequences. Three years later, only 3% of 8th-grade students met state standards in…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Effectiveness, Low Achievement, School Culture
Nelson, Bert – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1969
Condensed from "School & Society, Volume 96 (November 9, 1968), 400-01.
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education, Educational Technology, Industry