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Download full textSpeck, Marsha – 2002
This conference presentation examines planning tools that provide professional development opportunities to build capacity and improve student achievement, focusing on year-round education. It emphasizes how to bridge the current gap between professional development practices and a professional's capacity to enable students to meet standards by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedStenvall, Marilyn J. – Science Teacher, 1996
Discusses the advantages of an extended school year and block scheduling for science learning. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling
Peer reviewedTrimis, Edward – Music Educators Journal, 1990
Argues that, although few teachers initially understand or trust year-round scheduling, it is a concept that can work well. Provides some options for building and maintaining music programs in school systems that operate on year-round schedules. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Society for Developmental Education, Peterborough, NH. – 1996
Designed to help K-6 educators create child-centered classrooms in which all children can learn and succeed, this resource book contains article reprints, handouts, and reproducible pages pertaining to effective instruction. The book is organized into six subject areas: (1) learning/school readiness and kindergarten (including school improvement,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
