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Dix, Suzanne Liacos – Library Media Connection, 2010
As advocates for reading, librarians cannot help but love a reading program. In this article, the author talks about the Battle of the Books, a reading enrichment program that had been in place since 1996. Battle of the Books promotes reading among middle school students by offering interesting books and a trivia-type competition. The author…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Enrichment Activities, Reading Programs, School Libraries
Orelus, Pierre Wilbert; Hills, Mary D. – International Journal of Special Education, 2010
Literacy development of special education students is a topic that has been at the center of debates revolved around school reforms. Drawing on socio-cultural theoretical framework, this case study examines the literacy development of a special education bilingual student, Angel. A qualitative method is used to analyze texts Angel produced over…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Literacy, Special Needs Students, Special Education
Crawford, Pamela Sharp – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This was a qualitative case study that compared data across six district-level literacy coaches' epistemological and ontological beliefs about how to teach reading. All six coaches were working as a cohort of literacy coaches on the development and implementation of a secondary reading intervention program for seventh-grade struggling readers.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods, Vignettes
Comey, Jennifer; Scott, Molly M.; Popkin, Susan J.; Falkenburger, Elsa – Urban Institute, 2012
The U.S. Department of Education's Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) is one of the Obama administration's major antipoverty initiatives and a core strategy of the White House's Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative. It is intended to improve educational outcomes by creating a continuum of school readiness, academic services, and family and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, School Readiness, Neighborhood Improvement, Neighborhoods
Dimitrov, Dimiter; Jurich, Sonia; Frye, Michael; Lammert, Jill; Sayko, Sarah; Taylor, Laura – RMC Research Corporation, 2012
The Illinois Striving Readers (ISR) Project had two purposes: (1) implement a supplemental reading intervention for students in ninth grade who were reading below grade level; and (2) study the impact of the intervention on students' performance on standardized assessments using a randomized control trial design. The Illinois Striving Readers…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Intervention, Secondary School Students
Wise, Bob – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
In many middle and high schools, literacy is seen as secondary to school reform; it is often perceived as being a problem for only a few students-that improving the literacy abilities of students is remedial in nature and should not be part of the "normal" classroom. It is felt that improving literacy levels should be the responsibility of English…
Descriptors: High Schools, Middle Schools, School Restructuring, Literacy Education
Nonneman, Donna S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative research study explored the perceptions of educators in five small rural high schools regarding meeting the literacy needs of ninth-grade struggling readers in rural settings. Data were obtained from state school report cards, confidential interviews, and anonymous online surveys. Thirteen interview participants provided 91…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Qualitative Research, Teacher Attitudes, Small Schools
London, Rebecca; Gurantz, Oded; Norman, Jon R. – Afterschool Matters, 2011
In the past quarter century, the nation's K-12 public schools have experienced a large influx of students who speak languages other than English. Research has shown that many factors affect how English learner (EL) students acquire English language skills, including their preparation before entering U.S. schools, their out-of-school environments,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Middle School Students
Suber, Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Teachers at a Title I elementary school in South Carolina implemented the scripted Reading Mastery© program (RMP) to improve students' comprehension. Comprehension scores did not increase, despite teachers receiving RMP professional development (PD) prior to implementing the program. Administrators were unaware if the teachers were adequately…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Reading, Reading Instruction
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2014
The "Ministry of Education 2013/14 Annual Service Plan Report" shares some of the significant achievements by the British Columbia ministry and government. These include the development and release of BC's Skills for Jobs Blueprint: Re-Engineering Education and Training. As well, they successfully negotiated agreements with CUPE and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading
Gordon Pershey, Monica – Preventing School Failure, 2011
This study measured self-perceptions of school competence among 263 4th- and 6th-grade African American students who attended an academically challenged school district. Self-perceptions of school competence are defined as self-perceptions of ability, confidence, and school satisfaction. Results indicated that 4th-grade students had lesser…
Descriptors: African American Students, Written Language, Reading Tests, Academic Achievement
Molineaux, Rebecca – Educational Research Service, 2009
Evidence suggests that there is a crisis in adolescent literacy. Part of the problem is that students often receive little literacy instruction after elementary school. This "Focus On" examines the literacy instruction that adolescents need to be successful as they move on to more challenging texts in middle and high school. In addition, this…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adolescents, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
Nationwide, students in the middle grades and high school are failing to develop the reading and writing skills they need in order to meet higher academic standards. This report discusses the urgency of the problem and recommends that each Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) state develop a comprehensive set of policies that establishes…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Standards, Writing Skills, Adolescents
Ochoa-Angrino, Solanlly – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Using emergent motivation theory, this study analyzes the relationships between high school students' perceptions of their reading skills, task challenge, and personal control over assigned reading activities and their reading engagement (i.e., interest, enjoyment, and concentration) during science instruction. The study also examines how…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Habits
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) ESEA on the Way?: Harkin Eyes Next Month for Possible Committee Action on ESEA Reauthorization; (2)…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Public Education, Newsletters