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Download full textHarvey, James; Hill, Paul T. – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2006
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has launched a new initiative entitled "Doing School Choice Right." Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates, Annie E. Casey, and Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundations, the initiative's goal is to help state and local leaders handle practical issues whose resolution can determine whether school…
Descriptors: School Districts, Public Education, Public Schools, Private Schools
Direct linkBarell, John – Corwin Press, 2006
In a world with increasingly global economies and competition, students need to learn how to think critically and analytically, and to apply the imagination to solve complex problems. Problem-based learning (PBL) does just that, helping students identify problems, pose questions, research answers, report results, and create a stake in learning.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Teacher Effectiveness, Problem Based Learning
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2004
The English Language Arts Standard Course of Study establishes competency goals and objectives for the teaching and learning of English Language Arts in North Carolina. This document details the English Language Arts content that should be taught in all schools. The entire K-12 North Carolina English Language Arts Standard Course of Study was last…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Competence, Reading Programs
Paulsell, Diane; Mekos, Debra; Del Grosso, Patricia; Banghart, Patti; Nogales, Renee – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2006
In summer 2004, the Head Start Bureau funded 24 Early Head Start programs to implement the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, an initiative designed to support the quality of care that kith and kin caregivers provide to infants and toddlers enrolled in home-based Early Head Start programs. At the same time, an evaluation of these pilot programs…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Early Childhood Education, Quality Control, Child Care
Arnold, Michael L. – 2003
Mathematics education is different in rural schools than in non-rural schools. An explanation for this can be found in an open social systems model of schools, in which schools are comprised of interdependent subsystems that function together to transform inputs into outcomes. These are open systems in that external forces in the environment…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Context Effect, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Nievar, M. Angela; Luster, Tom – 2003
Based on McLoyd's (1990) model of African American children's development, this study examined the linkages between poverty, maternal psychological distress, marital conflict, the home environment, and children's outcomes among a sample of 805 African American 4- to 9-year-olds whose families were interviewed in 1992 as part of the National…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Black Youth
Klinker, JoAnn Franklin; Hackmann, Donald G. – 2003
High school principals confront ethical dilemmas daily. This report describes a study that examined how MetLife/NASSP secondary principals of the year made ethical decisions conforming to three dispositions from Standard 5 of the ISLLC standards and whether they could identify processes used to reach those decisions through Rest's Four Component…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, Administrators
Taylor, Ronald L. – 2003
This text on the assessment of students with disabilities is divided into six major parts. Part 1, "Introduction to Assessment, Issues and Concerns," discusses the historical, philosophical, legal, practical and ethical bases of assessment and proposes an assessment model. Part 2, "Informal Procedures: Basic Tools for Teachers," includes chapters…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled)
Thomas, Alice, Ed. – Center for Development and Learning, 2004
This issue of the quarterly newsletter, "PLAINTalk," is the second in a four part series, reprinting chapters from Sharon and Craig Ramey's book, "Going to School." Other articles in this issue include: (1) Ten Hallmarks of Children Who Succeed in School (Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey); (2) Questioning to Aid Reading Comprehension; (3) Basic…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Parent Role
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 2002
In this California state curriculum model for grade 8, "United States History and Geography: A More Perfect Union," students study the life, work, and philosophy of Cesar E. Chavez. They learn about historical events and developments in the United States that Chavez encountered. They examine how Chavez worked to bring the promises…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizen Participation, Classroom Techniques, Community Leaders
Lee, Courtland C. – 2003
This series of five interrelated modules is an update and revision of "Saving the Native Son: Empowerment Strategies for Young Black Males (1996)." It offers specific strategies for empowering young African American males to help them achieve optimal educational and social success. Empowerment is a developmental process by which people who are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Black Education, Black Students
Scrivner, Scott; Wolfe, Barbara – 2002
Beginning with the assumption that children across the full spectrum of family income, family composition, and prior experience with child care would benefit from being in a well-implemented preschool at 3 and 4 years of age, this working paper focuses on finding a feasible way to finance universal preschool for 4-year-olds. The paper begins with…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developed Nations, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance
Winton, Pamela J.; Catlett, Camille – 2002
This final report summarizes the activities of a federally funded project designed to prepare higher education faculty to serve as leaders in providing and promoting quality interprofessional preservice instruction in their states. SCRIPT enhanced and replicated a validated model that had previously been developed, implemented and evaluated in 20…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Higher Education
Donohue, Patricia J.; Kelley-Lowe, Mary Beth; Hoover, John J. – 2001
A five-year U.S. Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant, the NatureShift! Linking Learning to Life project was awarded in 1997 to the partnership of Dakota Science Center and the Grand Forks Public Schools (North Dakota). It was designed with partners from the Sahnish Cultural Society and the University of North Dakota to…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Frost, Helen – 2001
This book offers guidance on how teachers can help their students write about sensitive topics or provide pragmatic suggestions for developing the skill and sensitivity necessary to venture into such difficult terrain. The book addresses students' need to articulate their thoughts and feelings about violence, anger, drug use, peer pressure, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conflict Resolution, Creative Writing, Drama
