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Ryan Williams; Bo Zhu; Max Pardo; Crystal Aguilera; Tara Zuber – American Institutes for Research, 2024
Prosocial and Active Learning (PAL) Classrooms is a year-long teacher professional development program designed to increase students' prosocial behavior and engagement in 5th grade mathematics and science classrooms that use active, team-based lessons by altering the way that teachers interact with students using research-based strategies. The…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Active Learning, Faculty Development, Learner Engagement
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Boyd, Alexandra; Maranto, Robert; Rose, Caleb – Education Next, 2014
Since their start in Houston in 1994, KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) charter schools have been the most celebrated of the No Excuses schools. Employing strict discipline, an extended school day and year, and carefully selected teachers, No Excuses schools move disadvantaged students who start behind their peers academically up to and above…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Discipline, School Schedules, Extended School Day