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Freedberg, Louis; Frey, Susan; Chavez, Lisa – EdSource, 2013
"Stress factor" is defined as any internal or external influence that makes it more difficult for a school or district to carry out its basic mission of providing a high quality education to all its students, as well as to ensure that its students succeed on state and federal accountability measures. This report identifies 11 such stress…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, School Districts, Economic Impact, Job Layoff
Pinheiro, Tangee Gae – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Summer Achievement Center is a collaborative partnership between a large urban school district in Fresno County and California State University, Fresno designed to prepare teachers to teach students with autism and emotional disturbance. The purpose of this study was to examine characteristics of individuals teaching students with autism or…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Self Efficacy, Autism, Emotional Disturbances
Fabionar, James; Campbell, David – Sierra Health Foundation, 2010
Over the course of three summers, Sierra Health Foundation hosted a weeklong summer youth development camp for REACH coalitions at its Grizzly Creek Ranch retreat facilities in Portola, California. Located 130 miles east of Sacramento, Grizzly Creek Ranch is set in the mountains of Plumas County and encompasses 1,500 acres of forests, streams and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Community Change, Youth Programs, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Ermeling, Bradley A. – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Establishing school-based professional learning appears so simple and straightforward during inspiring presentations at summer workshops, but keeping collaborative work focused on teaching and learning in such a way that it produces consistent results is a highly underestimated task. Investigations and experience from a group of researchers at the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Summer Programs, Workshops, Sustainability
Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Grunow, Alicia – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2010
The authors prepared this report after exploring programs using a 90-day cycle process borrowed from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The IHI 90-day cycle scans activity in the field as a "quick way to research innovative ideas and assess their potential for advancing quality improvement". The goal was to "get under…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Instructional Innovation
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Saraniero, Patricia; Goldberg, Merryl R.; Hall, Brenda – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2014
This paper examines the impact of two approaches to teacher professional development in arts integration--a summer institute model and a model combining the summer institute with instructional coaching. In an experimental design, the intervention trained third and fourth grade teachers to integrate visual arts and theater into reading curriculum.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Faculty Development, Institutes (Training Programs)
Robbins, Sarah, Ed. – National Writing Project (NJ1), 2011
To maintain their commitment to a site, teachers need truly meaningful work. Teacher leadership drives the work of the Writing Project. The narratives in this collection, written by three veteran teacher-consultants, demonstrate many ways in which teacher leadership builds the capacity of any National Writing Project (NWP) site to do its work.…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Training, National Programs
Brennan, Patricia L. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2011
Recently released figures from U.S. Census Bureau make one point with stunning clarity: The face of America is changing. And rapidly. Consider the numbers: The U.S. population grew by about 9 percent between 2000 and 2010, rising from 281 million to nearly 309 million. During that decade, the number of Latino residents increased by 43…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, First Generation College Students, Nontraditional Students
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Milton, John G.; Radunskaya, Ami E.; Lee, Arthur H.; de Pillis, Lisette G.; Bartlett, Diana F. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
The success of interdisciplinary research teams depends largely upon skills related to team performance. We evaluated student and team performance for undergraduate biology and mathematics students who participated in summer research projects conducted in off-campus laboratories. The student teams were composed of a student with a mathematics…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Biology, Mathematics, Student Research
Alati, David K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
No significant differences in beginning eighth-grade pretest compared to ending eighth-grade posttest California Achievement Test Normal Curve Equivalent Scores were found for youth at risk who completed a pre-eighth-grade summer academic enrichment program where comparisons for reading vocabulary t(19) = 0.46, p = 0.33 (one-tailed), d = 0.107,…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Pretests Posttests, Grade 8, Summer Programs
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Sbarbaro, Victor S.; Enyeart Smith, Theresa M. – Health Educator, 2011
This water safety study was both descriptive and exploratory in nature. The purpose was for middle school students to assess their own water safety experiences and to help school decision-makers determine the extent of drowning/water accidents. In July 2009, a water safety survey was administered to 122 students participating in the local Summer…
Descriptors: Accidents, Middle School Students, Aquatic Sports, Safety
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Beal, Carole R.; Arroyo, Ivon M.; Cohen, Paul R.; Woolf, Beverly P. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2010
Three studies were conducted with middle school students to evaluate a web-based intelligent tutoring system (ITS) for arithmetic and fractions. The studies involved pre and post test comparisons, as well as group comparisons to assess the impact of the ITS on students' math problem solving. Results indicated that students improved from pre to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Arithmetic, Summer Programs, Constructivism (Learning)
Browne, Daniel; Syed, Sarosh; Mendels, Pamela – Wallace Foundation, 2013
These "Stories From the Field" describe five Wallace-funded programs working to expand learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children, so they can benefit from the types of opportunities their wealthier counterparts have access to, from homework help to swimming classes. The report details each program's approach, successes and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Educational Improvement, Homework
Silander, Megan; Chavez-Reilly, Michael; Weinstein, Meryle – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2015
Teaching entrepreneurship--how to create, grow and run a business or organization--is one potential means to increase college and career readiness skills. Learning how to start a business can improve critical thinking, communication and collaboration (Gallagher, Stepien, & Rosenthal, 1992; Hmelo, 1998), which are key qualities for academic as…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Business Skills
Wang, Jianjun – Grantee Submission, 2013
On September 22, 2012, NSF announced its decision to fund a three-year project, "Models for Information Assurance Education and Outreach" (MIAEO). In the first year of grant operation, MIAEO has invited 18 high school students, two K-12 teachers, and two CSUB student assistants to conduct research explorations in the fields of…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Science Education, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness
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