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Hartman, Sara; Kahn, Sami – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2017
Recent research indicates that young learners are both capable of and eager to engage in discussions about relevant social studies issues with local and global significance. Social studies as a school subject offers a diverse curriculum that may be meaningfully integrated with other content areas. Despite this, research reports that time for…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Student Empowerment, Social Studies, Science Instruction
DeMaria, Paolo – Ohio Department of Education, 2016
Ohio is raising its expectations for what their students must learn and their schools must accomplish. Ohio's School Report Cards are one good way to determine if they are meeting their goals. There are many changes on this year's report card, changes that reflect the increased expectations Ohio has for its students and schools. So this year's…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Quality, Schools, School Districts
Rivera, Lonny J. – Ohio Department of Education, 2015
The Ohio School Report Cards for the 2014-2015 academic year give every school and district A-F letter grades on up to 10 measures of education quality. The measures fall under six areas of school responsibility, including student learning progress, graduation rate and reading mastery for our youngest students. The report card's easy-to-follow…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Quality, Schools, School Districts
Perry, Gail, Ed.; Henderson, Barbara, Ed.; Meier, Daniel R., Ed. – National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2012
Through "teacher research", teachers engage in the systematic study of their own practice to answer questions they have about teaching and learning, and their own effectiveness. This book explores what teacher research in the early childhood setting looks like, why it is important to the field of early childhood education, and how…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
As the American immigrant population continues to expand, immigrant children and children of immigrants are entering the public school system. To be most effective, new teaching pedagogies must take cultural diversity into account. "Cross-Cultural Considerations in the Education of Young Immigrant Learners" explores some of the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Children, Public Schools, Cultural Differences