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Principal Leadership, 2013
Ask a room full of sixth and seventh graders at Fossil Ridge Intermediate School in St. George, UT, to name their favorite part of the day and the answer is, in unison, always the same: REAL (respect, explore, achieve, lead) Time. This 35-minute block embedded into the school's schedule three days each week provides immediate, specific…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Change, Student Diversity, Underachievement
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Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Robert D.; Wingate, Julius J.; Kraska, Marie F.; Beckert, Troy E. – NASSP Bulletin, 2012
This study examines the use of polling students to improve conditions of learning in their school. Students from three schools (N = 2,006) in Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 completed an online poll about how cyberbullying affects their personal lives. Principals' impressions about the benefits of student polling are explained along with the Cyberbullying…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Grade 5, Student Experience, Principals
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Fletcher, Jo; Grimley, Michael; Greenwood, Janinka; Parkhill, Faye – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
This article focuses on a multicultural, low socioeconomic, intermediate school that over the 4 years of this longitudinal, qualitative, case study made substantial positive shifts in developing a more effective learning environment and improving students' reading achievement. The study found that the factors appearing to have the most influence…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Low Income Groups, Intermediate Grades, Longitudinal Studies
MacQuarrie, Colleen; Murnaghan, Donna; MacLellan, Debbie – Qualitative Report, 2008
The intervention potential of physical activity programs for intermediate schools (grades 7-9), could be enhanced by an understanding of how students engage with and disengage from physical activity. This study provides an interpretation of how adolescents, parents, teachers, and principals perceive students' involvement in physical activity…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, School Culture, Physical Activity Level, Ideology