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Anemone, Alex – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Since their creation over two centuries ago, public schools have been coupled with students via geographical zones. Bolstered by compulsory attendance laws, public schools have a very consistent clientele. Based solely on where they resided, students were required to attend specific schools between Kindergarten and Grade 12. Schools have, in…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Middle Schools, Magnet Schools, Elementary Schools
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2006
This article presents the details of a conference discussing issues on NCLB implementation. The conference was based on a set of papers that included reviews of NCLB implementation in California, Colorado, Michigan, and New Jersey, as well as in three rural Kentucky districts and 36 big-city districts nationwide. Those analyses found that states…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, School Districts, Collective Bargaining
Montclair State University: Documentation of the Teachers for a New Era Learning Network. Case Study
Academy for Educational Development, 2009
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to Montclair State University (MSU) on September 25-26, 2008 to conduct interviews with individuals who play important roles in the university's teacher preparation program. These interviews, along with additional documentation provided by MSU and identified by the AED research…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Beginning Teacher Induction, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
McNeal, Kelly; Lawrence, Salika – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2009
This qualitative, longitudinal study documents the academic and professional journeys of 8 college graduates or "scholars" of the Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow (PT4T) program. Data from this study further contribute to the growing body of research focusing on preparing diverse candidates--particularly those from urban and low…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests, College Graduates

Conway, Deborah; Verdugo, Richard R. – Education and Urban Society, 1999
Describes a program undertaken by the New Jersey Education Association in partnership with the National Education Association to make three urban schools safer, the "Schools as Fear-Free Education Zones" (S.A.F.E.). Data are not yet available about program success, but early collaboration appears promising. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention, Program Descriptions

Reiss, Fred; Hoy, Wayne K. – Journal of School Leadership, 1998
Conceptualizes faculty loyalty as a multidimensional construct with at least four levels of loyalty, to the district, principal, colleagues, and the association. Discusses a New Jersey study probing organizational factors that facilitate development of faculty loyalty in urban elementary schools. School properties predicting one aspect of loyalty…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, School Culture, School Organization, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Progressive Architecture, 1976
The school, designed in a storefront on the main street of the town it would serve, blends educational philosophy with community involvement and difficult site problems. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Community Involvement, Middle Schools
Reynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life" presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention

Walker, Elaine M.; Gutmore, Dan – Journal of Negro Education, 2002
Investigated factors predicting districts' abilities to generate cross-sector support for reforms, using New Jersey's 1998 Supreme Court decision mandating the implementation of comprehensive reforms in its 30 poorest districts and exploring the extent to which community support impacted willingness to embrace reforms and perceptions of resource…
Descriptors: Community Support, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Curiosity Corner" is a comprehensive early childhood curriculum designed to help children at risk of school failure because of poverty. The program offers children experiences that develop the attitudes, skills, and knowledge necessary for later school success with a special emphasis on children's language and literacy skills.…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Personality Traits, Intervention, Oral Language
Opuni, Kwame A. – Online Submission, 2006
Consistency Management and Cooperative Discipline (CMCD) is a research-based K-12 discipline management program that builds on shared responsibility for learning and classroom organization through the cultivation of democratic and participatory practices that are fair, inclusive, and caring. CMCD seeks to provide a stable and orderly learning…
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Urban Schools, Student Empowerment
Brown, Christopher R.; Spangler, David – School Administrator, 2006
During the past several years, school superintendents and educational leaders from around the country have convened at the Pearson Education Instructional Leadership Council to discuss solutions for some of the most pressing issues they confront, especially regarding teaching and learning. Several common change principles have emerged from these…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Urban Schools, Superintendents, Faculty Development

McNeely, Donald R. – Journal of Negro Education, 1985
Describes an approach to school improvement designed by the New Jersey Education Association's Urban Education Committee. The program combines a school diagnosis based on effective schools research with teacher participation in the planning and implementation of new policies, programs, and procedures. (GC)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Organizational Development
Barr, Jason M.; Sadovnik, Alan R.; Visconti, Louisa – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2006
This article compares student achievement of fourth graders in charter schools and district public schools in Newark, New Jersey. We find that Newark and New Jersey's charter schools mirror the educational inequalities of the state as a whole, as well as its Abbott Districts. The data indicate that charter schools are similar to district urban…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Student Characteristics, Equal Education, Urban Education
1987
This report summarizes the results of a telephone survey of New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) members. The purpose of this study is to identify problems affecting the education of children in New Jersey urban school districts and make recommendations for improvement. First, the design of the study is described, and then the report is…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education