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Hagevik, R.; Hales, D.; Harrell, J. – Online Submission, 2007
GIS Live is a live, interactive, web problem-solving (WPS) program that partners Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professionals with educators to implement geospatial technologies as curriculum-learning tools. It is a collaborative effort of many government agencies, educational institutions, and professional organizations. Problem-based…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Problem Based Learning, Partnerships in Education, Telecommunications
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Farrell, Albert D.; Erwin, Elizabeth H.; Allison, Kevin W.; Meyer, Aleta; Sullivan, Terri; Camou, Suzanne; Kliewer, Wendy; Esposito, Layla – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
Qualitative methods were used to identify problem situations encountered by adolescents in urban middle schools serving a predominantly African American student population. Interviews focusing on identifying problem situations and the context in which they occur were conducted with 60 adolescents including students and peer mediators at middle…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Community Centers, Urban Schools
Academy for Educational Development, 2005
This publication describes the school-improvement process in three schools participating in Middle Start, a comprehensive school-improvement program for schools with middle grades. Middle Start services, grounded in the Middle Start Principles and Practices, are tailored to a school's specific needs. The schools profiled are Bendle Middle School…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Educational Change, Community Relations, Educational Improvement
Vaughn, Rachel L.; Seifer,Sarena D.; Mihalynuk,Tanis Vye – National Service Learning Clearinghouse, 2004
Service-learning in the mathematics curriculum provides a rich opportunity for students to learn while contributing to their communities. Service-learning in higher education integrates community service with academic instruction. Students participate in organized curricular projects, such as tutoring middle-school math students, while enhancing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Community Needs, Service Learning
North, Terri A. – Principal Leadership, 2005
With the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) now a constant in education and accountability linked specifically to standards that must be met by all students, the chances are likely that good schools--or even schools with a great academic reputation--will be thrust before the general public and labeled inadequate. Many such schools will be left to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Accountability, Communication Strategies
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LaRocque, Michelle – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2007
The accountability imperative requires schools to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs. Florida answered the accountability imperative by instituting statewide objective assessments and assigning grades to schools. The latter move led to several initiatives concerning the practices that improve schools in Florida. This article…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students
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Maltese, Denise – Voices from the Middle, 2006
Through reading and reflecting on the words of Atwell, Rief, Moffett, and Graves, Maltese began to think like a teacher-researcher, and questioned her writing workshop practices. Once she began to consider audience as a motivating factor, writing became more meaningful for her students, encompassing a wide range of possibilities. Working from a…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Writing (Composition), Metacognition, Reflective Teaching
Hezel Associates (NJ1), 2009
In a time of evolving Algebraic standards and expectations for Minnesota teachers and students, the establishment of quality professional development and technical assistance can help educators move more confidently toward greater mathematics understanding and, subsequently, successful teaching and learning. To this end, the Minnesota Department…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data, Science Teachers, Professional Development
Haystead, Mark W. – Marzano Research Laboratory, 2009
This report summarizes the findings of an analysis of a series of action research projects conducted by Goshen Community Schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. During the 2008-2009 school year, 40 teachers participated in independent action research studies regarding the extent to which a six step approach to direct vocabulary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
Bottoms, Gene; Schmidt-Davis, Jon – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2010
This research is part of a comprehensive effort to pinpoint the key leadership factors that improve student achievement and increase the number of high school graduates who are ready for college and careers. In this study, SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) examined the role of the district office in providing principals with the working…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, High School Graduates
Li, Guofang, Ed.; Edwards, Patricia A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
In this work, prominent authorities review the latest research on all aspects of ELL instruction (K-12) and identify what works for today's students and schools. Provided are best-practice guidelines for targeting reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, content-domain literacies, and other core skill areas; assessing culturally and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Writing Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, American Indians
Burrow-Sanchez, Jason J.; Hawken, Leanne S. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Unique in its coverage of both prevention and intervention, this book provides evidence-based strategies and ready-to-use tools for addressing substance abuse in middle and high school settings. Readers learn ways to identify students at risk and implement programs that meet a broad continuum of needs--from psychoeducational and support groups to…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Social Support Groups, Prevention, Intervention
Herlihy, Corinne – National High School Center, 2007
The transition into high school is a critical point in the educational pipeline, and ninth-grade can be characterized as one of its leakiest junctures. This policy brief examines how some states and districts are currently easing the transition into high school for students. It focuses on five key challenges that states, districts and schools…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade 9, Dropout Prevention, School Statistics
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
Dropout prevention programs are school- and community-based initiatives that aim to keep students in school and encourage them to complete their high school education. To be included in the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) review, programs have to operate within the United States and include dropout prevention as one of their primary objectives.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dropouts, School Restructuring, Incentives
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Gonick, Marnina – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2004
This paper investigates changing modes of femininity. It asks: What are the discourses and discursive practices within which new femininities are constructed? What are the social conditions in which they emerge? How are these negotiated and lived by girls? What do these stories tell us about the complications of subject formation and what it means…
Descriptors: Femininity, Social Change, Human Geography, Social Environment
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