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Direct linkMcPherson, Elizabeth – Journal of Dance Education, 2006
This article shares the author's experiences in teaching dance in an elementary school setting and initiating a project that involves teaching dance through several subjects. The author first started by collaborating with other special subjects teachers to teach songs and dances and develop an opportunity for students to physicalize their homeroom…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Dance Education, Active Learning, Dance
Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 reading assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2009 to other…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for New York City Department of Education's student achievement in reading. In…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
Ruby, Allen; Doolittle, Emily – National Center for Education Research, 2010
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Division of Violence Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated to conduct a rigorous impact evaluation of programs aimed at improving students' behavior. For this evaluation, such programs were termed Social…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, School Activities
Small, Ruth V.; Snyder, Jaime – School Library Media Research, 2009
This article reports the results of the second phase of a three-phase study on the impact of the New York State's school libraries' services and resources on student achievement and motivation. A representative sample of more than 1,600 classroom teachers, students, and school library media specialists (SMLSs) from 47 schools throughout New York…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness
Inserra, Albert; Bossert, Kenneth R. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, sponsored by President George W. Bush, calls for 100 percent proficiency in reading and mathematics by 2014. This Federal mandate has caused all public schools in the United States to examine the programs in use to meet these requirements. In addition, states across the country have implemented a series of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High Stakes Tests, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Mesler, Leigh – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: A review of the literature demonstrates that grade retention often fails to improve the academic and socioemotional outcomes of retained students. Although little empirical work on peer tutoring has focused specifically on retained students, the literature suggests that those students who act as peer tutors often experience…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Intervention, Action Research
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Representative samples of fourth- and eighth-grade public school students from 21 urban districts participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics. Eighteen of the districts participating in the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) participated in earlier assessment years, while three districts…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Algebra, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Representative samples of fourth- and eighth-grade public school students from 21 urban districts participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading. Eighteen of the districts participating in the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) participated in earlier assessment years, while three districts…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Branan, Karen – Amer Educ, 1970
Private citizens in New York City devote their energy and free time to helping school children become better students. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Elementary School Students, Volunteers
Lekies, Kristi S.; Sheavly, Marcia Eames – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2007
Despite the rapidly growing interest in children's gardens and attention to the positive benefits of gardening for children, little is known about the ways in which young people actually form interests in gardening. Using a sample of 9- and 10-year-old children at a school garden site in New York State, this study examined the ways in which…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Gardening, Youth, Student Motivation
Hernandez, Donald J.; Denton, Nancy A.; Macartney, Suzanne E. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2007
This article presents a demographic portrait of young Hispanic children compared to young non-Hispanic Whites. New results from Census 2000 describe family and economic circumstances of children aged 08, as well as pre-K/nursery school and kindergarten enrollment for the United States, and for the 9 states with the largest number of young Hispanic…
Descriptors: Whites, Nursery Schools, Hispanic Americans, Young Children
NATHANSON, NORBERT H. – 1965
THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES "ONCE UPON A DAY," AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERIES FOR CHILDREN AGED 4 TO 7. THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO ALL NEW YORK STATE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS, CLOSED CIRCUIT AND 2500 MEGACYCLES AND COMMUNITY ANTENNA SYSTEMS SERVING NEW YORK SCHOOLS. THE PROGRAM PRESENTS USEFUL CONCEPTS AND INFORMATION IN…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary School Students, Program Descriptions
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 reading assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2009 to other…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2008
While research and policy debates center on residents moving out of public housing, many families still live in public housing around the country; it is important to consider how to improve their well-being. Approximately 1.2 million units of public housing provide housing for about 3 million tenants throughout the country. In New York City, there…
Descriptors: Public Housing, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement
