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Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2023
Within Massachusetts alone, 23,000 students are experiencing homelessness. And, with the expiration of COVID-era protections like an eviction moratorium and rental assistance, many experts predict that number will increase. Child and family homelessness is associated with a host of negative outcomes including poor physical and mental health, lower…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Public Schools
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Woodcock, Christine; Hakeem, Phyllis – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2015
Framed by the importance of language, and the ways that knowledge is embodied, this study explores the "coaching side" of literacy coaching, providing tips to educators. Phyllis, an experienced coach nearing retirement, wanted to provide insights to incoming teachers as she reflected on the question "Why 'do' we teach, anyway?"…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Coaching (Performance), Case Studies, Personal Narratives
von Frank, Valerie, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
"Teachers Teaching Teachers" ("T3") focuses on coaches' roles in the professional development of teachers. Each issue also explores the challenges and rewards that teacher leaders encounter. This issue includes: (1) Districts Harness the Expertise of Classroom Teachers (Valerie von Frank); (2) Tool: Measuring Collaborative…
Descriptors: Rewards, Teaching Experience, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Education
Stager, John; And Others – 1990
This report outlines the overall design and implementation of Teacher Support Teams (TSTs), a concept developed under the auspices of the Massachusetts Board of Education to help administrators, teachers, and other school personnel and parents to identify at-risk students in regular education. TSTs, developed at individual schools and…
Descriptors: Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Jenkins, John M.; Keefe, James W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Describes how two secondary schools implemented the six basic elements of personalized instruction: The Thomas Haney Secondary Centre in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, Massachusetts. (Contains 14 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Change, Evaluation, Flexible Scheduling
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Bennett, Carolyn L. – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Uses the example of the takeover of the Chelsea (Massachusetts) public schools by Boston University to illustrate the problems of educational reform without the involvement of classroom teachers. Argues that no collaboration can be successful without the involvement of parents and teachers. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Education, College School Cooperation, Editorials, Educational Change
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Boisselle, Juliet Habjan; Fliss, Susan; Mestre, Lori S.; Zinn, Fred – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2004
A Mellon workshop created teams including faculty, librarians, instructional technologists, and students from nine educational institutions to incorporate technology into curricula. Instructional technologists and librarians from Mount Holyoke and the University of Massachusetts Amherst recount initial and subsequent collaborative efforts in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Literacy, Technology Integration, Partnerships in Education
Neufeld, Barbara; Haavind, Sarah – 1988
While none of the six school/college collaborations described in this report represents a fully developed professional development school (PDS), each focuses on components which might be included in a PDS. The six collaborative ventures in teacher education were carried out in Massachusetts during the 1987-88 academic year. Each program sought to…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Educational Change
Rappa, Joseph B.; Brown, Patricia P. – 1983
In 1981, TDR Associates, a private, independent research organization in Newton, Massachusetts, began a two and one-half year study of "Knowledge Utilization and School Improvement Through Staff Initiated Inservice Programs." This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Education and conducted under an arrangement with…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Teachers