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Blair, Leslie Asher, Ed. – Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), 2006
This issue celebrates Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's (SEDL's) history and touches upon new work. This issue includes an article on the need for educators to have access to relevant, high-quality research findings and to be able to apply those findings to their local settings. It also discusses briefly the three randomized…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Educational Research
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Sandler, Bernice Resnick; And Others – 1996
This report assesses how the classroom climate is affected by classroom structure, power dynamics within the classroom, different pedagogical styles, the curriculum, and the relationships between male and female students. Data come from quantitative and qualitative studies in classrooms at all levels and in related settings, along with surveys,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Coeducation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Yates, Lyn – 1993
Inequality problems face girls at school, and the attitudes and expectations of others affect educational choices and outcomes. After an overview in chapter 1, chapter 2 provides a discussion of Australian government reports and policies on the education of girls and traces the changes in the treatment of gender inequity. Chapter 3 focuses on the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Vandell, Kathy; Dempsey, Scott B. – 1992
The creation of a gender-fair multicultural curriculum is the necessary basis for the equitable schooling of all girls and boys in the United States. The key to success in curriculum reform is the inclusion of everyone with a stake in the schools in an effective, productive process. Defining the term multicultural education illustrates the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design
Baptiste, H. Prentice, Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This collection of essays focuses on the intersection between equity and excellence in educational leadership and urges a reconceptualization that gives appropriate consideration to women and ethnic and racial minorities. The book begins with an introductory chapter, entitled "Equity and Excellence in Educational Leadership: A Necessary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Opportunities
College Board, New York, NY. – 1991
Four speakers addressed the College Board National Forum on "Reaching Each Student" in the Fall of 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts. John F. Akers, Chairman of the Board at International Business Machines in his speech "Reaching Each Student: A Business Perspective" challenged the College Board to work with American business to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Blacks, College Athletics
Sistrunk, Walter E.; Guin, Mary Linda – 1983
This paper offers administrators, teachers, and school boards an introduction to legal issues surrounding teacher dismissal and school desegregation and summarizes a study of all teacher dismissal cases heard from 1970 through 1981 in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Most of the report is devoted to an overview of the historical development of…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Due Process
Poh, Shin C. – 1988
The concept of equal educational opportunity is examined as it applies to recent Asian immigrants who are university students. It is proposed that recent immigrants, especially refugees, are deprived of equal education due to life circumstances and inadequate academic preparation. As such, many of them cannot be expected to compete with other U.S.…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Second Language Programs, College Students, Educational Opportunities
Lauderdale, William Burt – 1987
By examining the trends in equity and academic excellence, this monograph interprets America's history of educational reform. The first section, "The Legacy of Reform," analyzes themes after colonial times. William Penn and Benjamin Franklin advocated humanitarian, middle-class education following the American Revolution. By the late…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Opportunities
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McKinnon, K. R. – Vestes, 1985
Australia's federal government is seeking to broaden access to higher education, and this process will require restructuring of the sectors, increased articulation, collaboration of state and federal government to minimize educational disadvantagement, increased links with industry and community, and improvement in academic career paths and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Educational Change
Hughes, Georgia K.; Copley, Lisa D.; Howley, Caitlin W.; Meehan, Merrill L. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
Building capacity within schools and districts for continuous improvement is a goal of educators at all levels across the United States of America. An important first step in capacity building is identifying schools' current strengths and weaknesses. Schools can then begin building upon existing strengths to implement improvement initiatives.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, School Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement
Nieto, Sonia – 1999
This book focuses on ways teachers can modify their teaching in order to increase the academic achievement of students from the racial and ethnic groups that are experiencing massive failure in U.S. schools, and consequently in society. Modifying instruction to improve the academic achievement of African American and Latino students will benefit…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Awareness, Disadvantaged Youth
Smith, Susan J.; Fleming, Paula – 1998
Building an effective classroom for all boys and girls is the first step in increasing student achievement. This curriculum guide is a collection of practical tools for teachers and fun activities for kindergarten through twelfth-grade students, developed to help all students to succeed in the classroom. The curriculum is designed to be used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Athletics, Class Activities
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O'Neil, J. Peter – Science Scope, 1994
A teacher provides a set of key components used by her school district to aid teachers and administrators in developing Individual Educational Plans (IEP) for handicapped students. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Equal Education, Individualized Education Programs
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Richardson, Marilyn – Science Scope, 1994
A teacher describes her science class' successful inclusion of a student with Rett Syndrome. Included in the article are the classroom implications of the disease and strategies for ensuring that all students receive the best science education available. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Disabilities, Equal Education, Integrated Activities
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