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Hyett, Barbara Helfgott, Ed. – 1980
The poems in this anthology were written by elementary school students in the James A. Garfield School in Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in the…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Alonso, Ricardo, Ed. – 1978
The poems in this anthology were written by students in the Josiah Quincy Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in the creative…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedEquity and Excellence, 1986
Provides background information to two opposing viewpoints, presented in other articles in this issue, on the relative merits and problems of exam schools and magnet schools. The articles were prompted by events in the Boston public school system's elite schools. (LHW)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Equal Education, Magnet Schools, School Desegregation
Goode, Dolores Alleyne – Equity and Choice, 1990
Describes field trips and related activities in which nearby institutions, local celebrities, and distinctive aspects of community life are employed to enrich the Schools Reaching Out project at the David A. Ellis School in Roxbury (MA). (DM)
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Minority Group Children
Davies, Don – 1989
Research has shown that family and community involvement in education is linked to healthy child development and to children's academic and social success in school. Family participation can also enhance adult personal development and empowerment, aid community problem-solving through collaboration, and advance the prospects for a more democratic…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Low Income Groups
Download full textBoston Public Schools, MA. – 1966
THE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO STIMULATE AND COORDINATE EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS REPORTED. DESCRIBED ARE (1) CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, (2) INDIVIDUAL EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS IN SPECIFIC CURRICULUMS, (3) MODEL DEMONSTRATION SUBSYSTEM PROGRAMS (EXPERIMENTAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Programs, Experimental Programs
Spence, Lewis H. – 2002
This report reviews the structure and functions of the Central Office of Cambridge Public Schools, Massachusetts. During the 1990s, the Cambridge school system and other Massachusetts school districts faced intense pressure to raise student achievement in the face of redefined public expectations for public schools. This change in expectations is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Check, Joseph W. – 2002
This book presents a critique of urban school reform that emerges from an exploration of three avenues: learning from the country's long history of previous attempts at reform, listening seriously to the voices of urban practitioners, and going beyond best practices in pedagogy and school organization to view reform in the larger, more…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Davies, Don – Equity and Choice, 1990
Reviews the Schools Reaching Out programs in New York City and Roxbury (MA). Describes and recommends three successful aspects of these programs: the parent center within the schools, home visits by teachers, and teacher action research teams. (DM)
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Home Visits, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Conferences
Peer reviewedDaly, Jennifer Grumhaus – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Nativity Prep, a small, inner-city Roman Catholic middle school seeks to provide an environment that helps students excel in their studies and their personal development. The school has few discipline problems due to its small size; its strict, highly structured academic climate; its underpaid and devoted faculty; and its practice of praying…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Individual Development
Lacey, Richard A. – 1983
This paper presents ideas for creating, replicating, and improving the quality of business-school partnerships. Information is derived from an in-depth case study of the Adopt-A-School program in Memphis, Tennessee, and related data collected from Chicago, New York, Salt Lake City, and Boston. An introduction analyzes negative and positive…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Administration, Program Development
Peer reviewedCottle, Thomas J. – Urban Education, 1975
Discusses developments in the desegregation of Boston public schools: in Fall 1974 the public schools of Boston underwent the first phase of a court-ordered desegregation plan, and in Fall 1975, Boston will commence Phase Two of court-ordered school desegregation. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Law Enforcement
Sigel, Efrem; Jonas, Gary F. – J Negro Educ, 1970
This article was prepared for a Seminar in Urban Politics and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, in the Spring of 1968. (RJ)
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, Political Influences, Racial Balance
Peer reviewedSchofield, Janet Ward – American Journal of Education, 2001
Reviews two books on the influence of school desegregation on students, "The Other Boston Busing Story: What's Won and Lost across the Boundary Line" (Susan Eaton) and "Finding One's Place: Teaching Styles and Peer Relations in Diverse Classrooms" (Stephan Plank). Both books describe students' reactions to desegregated…
Descriptors: Black Students, Busing, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Relationship
Peer reviewedGlenn, Charles L. – Educational Leadership, 1991
Since March 1989, Boston has attempted to implement three elements deemed successful for successful school choice programs: fair assignment procedures, an effective parent information system, and interventions to help certain schools become more competitive. The Boston experience shows the difficulties involved in reforming a monopoly governed by…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Parent Participation, Program Implementation
