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Damsen, Jess – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2007
This article describes the pedagogy, practice and outcomes of a digital art program developed to enable high school and middle school students to become active participants in new forms of grassroots public media. Students and their teachers become producers and controllers of art-based videos and associated digital dialogue which is distributed…
Descriptors: Art Education, High School Students, Middle School Students, Student Empowerment
Barron, Ruben; Sanchez, Francisca S. – Leadership, 2007
Today, over a third of the nation's English language learners attend school in California, where they comprise more than a quarter of all its students. However, one million 18- to 24-year old Californians, about 30 percent of this age group, do not have a high school diploma. Regarding high school graduation rates, California ranks 45th among the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Graduation Rate, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
Slater, Jana Kay – 1990
The California agenda for middle-grade reform is based on 10 regional networks, each composed of 1 foundation school and approximately 10 partnership schools. The second in a series of program evaluations, Technical Report 2 presents regional level information on the first 2 years of implementation of the middle-grade reform proposals, 1988-89 and…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Institutional Characteristics, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Oakes, Jeannie; Quartz, Karen Hunter; Ryan, Steve; Lipton, Martin – 2000
Education reform based on technical and rational processes often short-circuits reform because it is uncontentious, abstract, and provides educators with no legitimate ways to question the marketplace values and policies that drive much contemporary school reform. The perspective referred to as "betterment" is an alternative reform that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Responsibility, Democratic Values, Educational Change
Underwood, Terry – 1999
This book is a study, in research-based narrative form, of one middle school's implementation of a new portfolio assessment plan in response to statewide policy changes in California. The book highlights the interactions of state, district, and local forces as teachers work to implement a portfolio-assessment plan that collects student work and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Roseville, CA. – 1991
An Educational Specification Committee was convened to determine the design specifications required for a new middle school in Roseville, California's Dry Creek District. This report presents revisions to an earlier document that examined school room specifications for each grade level and administrative area. Specification considerations are…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design, Middle Schools, Public Schools
Orr, Michael; Brookins, Liz; Capacia, Nemie; Clark, Sharon; Leaf, Abi; Moreno, Camille; Preibisius, Eric; Rea, Val; Rocho, Mario; Samuelson, Kindra; Serry, Candy; Schwenker, Trysta; Thomson, Sarah; Vargas, Mailei; Viayra, Tina; Williams, Cathy – Cal-PASS (NJ1), 2008
This project was coordinated and funded by the California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS). Cal-PASS is a data sharing system linking all segments of education. Its purpose is to improve student transition and success from one educational segment to the next. Cal-PASS' math deconstruction projects were initiated by the faculty…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Geometry, Trigonometry, Educational Objectives
Arnold, Bruce; Cliffe, Karen; Cubillo, Judy; Kracht, Brenda; Leaf, Abi; Legner, Mary; McGinity, Michelle; Orr, Michael; Rocha, Mario; Ross, Judy; Teegarden, Terrie; Thomson, Sarah; Villero, Geri – Cal-PASS (NJ1), 2008
This project was coordinated and funded by the California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS). Cal-PASS is a data sharing system linking all segments of education. Its purpose is to improve student transition and success from one educational segment to the next. Cal-PASS' standards deconstruction project was initiated by the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Articulation (Education), Algebra, Geometry
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2007
When Erik G. Brown launched his teaching career at the Cesar Chavez Academy in East Palo Alto, California, four years ago, he was not alone. Seventy-five percent of the teachers in the 400-student middle school were new to the district, and two-thirds of those were new to the field. The school had gone through six principals in six years, and its…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Persistence
Lake, Sara – 1989
The middle school is a bridge between elementary and secondary schooling that helps students pass from childhood to adolescence. Within the middle school is another bridge--the exploratory/elective program. Whereas the core curriculum focuses on students' academic development and the cocurricular program on their equally important personal and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discovery Learning, Elective Courses, Junior High Schools
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District. Educational Specifications: Dry Creek Elementary School.
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Roseville, CA. – 1989
An Educational Specification Committee was convened to determine the design specifications required for a new K-5 (and temporarily 6-8 grade) elementary school in Roseville, California's Dry Creek District. This report, the result of the committee's efforts, examines school room specifications for each grade level and administrative area.…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools

Pucci, Sandra L. – Bilingual Research Journal, 1994
Describes the issues that effect availability of free-reading materials in Spanish in elementary and middle school libraries. Conclusions are drawn regarding the effectiveness of the school library in providing language-minority children with access to reading materials in their primary language and whether the needs of language-minority children…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans, Library Materials
Bushweller, Kevin – Executive Educator, 1995
Following Orange County, California's well-publicized bankruptcy, Willard Intermediate School staff worry about program cuts and a possible state takeover. Voters oppose a sales tax increase to rescue programs. Located in an urban ghetto with a predominantly Hispanic population, the school was overcrowded before the bankruptcy. Future cutbacks…
Descriptors: Financial Exigency, Hispanic Americans, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Montle, Rhuenette – Schools in the Middle, 1993
In California, the regional partnership structure is being used to support implementation of recommendations for middle level school reform. The partnership's loose structure allows flexibility in financial contribution and opportunities to solicit paying partners from the local community. A support network or forum allows individuals and schools…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cost Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools

Shannon, Patrick – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1999
Describes the "sociological imagination," which suggests an ability to create possible reconstructions of larger social forces which affect peoples' lives, through a story about Muhammad Ali. Discusses the importance of stories and their role in society. Utilizes three more stories to address various issues in relation to literacy…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Education, Government Role, Group Dynamics