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Positioning Ninth-Grade Students to Succeed: Effective Practices, Processes, and Activities
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Sherry Coogler – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
Prior research has found the transition to high school to be a critical time for ninth-grade students. This mixed-methodology study investigated the experiences of a school-based team that provided programming and various support to ninth-grade students using the teaming model. The study utilized the following methods: 1) interviews, 2) historical…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, School Transition, High School Freshmen
An Exploration of Teachers' Lived Experiences in Professional Learning Communities in One Ohio Urban School
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Jones, Marvin B., II – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' lived experiences in professional learning communities, conceptualized in Ohio as teacher based teams. This study was carried out against the backdrop of state policies addressed to poorly performing schools. School culture must change in failing schools. In order to change culture (Kowalski,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Communities of Practice, State Policy, School Effectiveness
A National Study of Common Planning Time Activities: Examination of Differences by State
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Lomascolo, David J.; Angelle, Pamela S. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2017
The Common Planning Time Project of the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group (MLER SIG) of the American Educational Research Association provided an avenue through which researchers from throughout the United States could investigate numerous aspects of common planning time in schools. Although several studies have investigated…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Time Management, Statistical Analysis, Middle School Teachers
Race to the Future: Integrating 21st Century Skills into Science Instruction
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Duran, Emilio; Yaussy, Daniel; Yaussy, Leslie – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2011
Race to the Future is an exciting and dynamic activity modeled after the reality television show "The Amazing Race." It exemplifies how 21st century skills can be incorporated into core subject instruction and at the same time positively enhance student engagement. In this activity, students work quickly and cooperatively with their…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Futures (of Society), Teaching Methods
Teachers Use Tools and Strategies to Engage Students in Grade-Level Assignments
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2013
This newsletter of best practices in implementing the High Schools That Work (HSTW), Making Middle Grades Work (MMGW) and Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) school improvement models is based on presentations at the 27th Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the summer of 2013. The newsletter is divided up into…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Learner Engagement, Assignments, High Schools
Needles in a Haystack: Lessons from Ohio's High-Performing, High-Need Urban Schools
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Suffren, Quentin; Wallace, Teodore J. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010
For too long, youngsters in Ohio's major cities have been ill-served and ill-educated by their public schools. In the 2008-09 school year, almost half of these quarter million students--in district and charter schools alike--attended schools rated "D" or "F" by the state. Yet this bleak picture has some bright spots--schools…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Magnet Schools