Recounts the history of Pennsylvania's attempts to invoke large-scale changes in language-related instructional curricula. Discerns patterns among school districts in terms of literacy instruction as well as in factors that seem to be associated with successful change processes. (RS)

TEN SENTENCE PATTERNS ARE DISCUSSED FOR THE 7TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY AIM IS TO PERSUADE THE YOUNG WRITER TO EMPHASIZE HIS USE OF TRANSITIVE ACTIVE AND INTRANSITIVE COMPLETE VERB PATTERNS AND TO REGULATE HIS USE OF TRANSITIVE PASSIVE AND LINKING VERBS ACCORDING TO THEIR LIMITED AND HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS. SENTENCE FORM,…

THE EAGLE PROGRAM AT WANAMAKER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT HUMAN BEHAVIOR CAN BE MODIFIED. CULTURAL ENRICHMENT OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN SHOULD THUS EFFECT A CHANGE IN THE ASPIRATIONAL, ACHIEVEMENT, AND ADJUSTMENT PATTERNS WHICH THEY TEND TO FOLLOW. AIMS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL,…

THIS PUBLICATION IS A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR A GIFTED ENGLISH PROGRAM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE ENGLISH COURSE OF STUDY DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL CLASSES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS RATHER THAN FOR HETEROGENEOUS CLASSES WITH AN ENRICHED PROGRAM FOR THE GIFTED, PROVIDES FOR THREE MAJOR DIFFERENCES FROM THE REGULAR ENGLISH COURSE-DIFFERENCE IN PACE OR ACCELERATION,…

TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS RELATED TO MODERN METHODS OF OF MODERN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION ARE GIVEN. THE MODERN METHOD TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS A NATIVE ONE IS LEARNED, THROUGH A PROGRESSION FROM LISTENING AND IMITATION TO CONVERSATION, TO READING, AND THEN TO WRITING.…

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS HAVE STUDENTS WHO COME PREDOMINANTLY FROM A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND. AMONG SEVERAL OBJECTIVES IS THE AWAKENING OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH FOSTERING CLOSER TIES BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOME. THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM IS ACTIVATED BY SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COORDINATORS WHO SERVE AS LIAISON AGENTS…

THE "HEIGHTS" PROGRAM, AS PART OF THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT MUCH CAN BE DONE TO CHANGE THE PATTERNS OF ASPIRATION, ACHIEVEMENT, AND ADJUSTMENT WHICH CULTURALLY DEPRIVED YOUTH TEND TO FOLLOW. TRADITIONAL GOALS OF EDUCATION WILL BE FOLLOWED, BUT THE TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL HAVE AT THEIR…

The Pittsburgh Public School district is one of many urban school systems across the country that is struggling to boost student performance and regain the respect of its community. Achievement gaps are wide; student achievement is low; and public confidence is fragile. To begin addressing these issues, the Council of the Great City Schools…

THE FORD FOUNDATION PROJECT IN PHILADELPHIA (THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM) IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE IN THE ASPIRATION, ACHIEVEMENT, AND ADJUSTMENT PATTERNS WHICH YOUTH TEND TO FOLLOW UNDER CONDITIONS OF CULTURAL DEPRIVATION. ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES PREVAILING IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY DIRECTLY AFFECT THE…

AS PART OF THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, HIGH ROADS PROJECT IN THE DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS DESIGNED TO MOTIVATE PUPILS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES THROUGH EFFECTIVELY MOBILIZING AND UTILIZING THE TOTAL RESOURCES OF THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. PLANS WERE DEVELOPED BY THE SCHOOL…

In order to cultivate the kind of technology literacy in our students called for by leaders in the field, it must simultaneously be cultivated in our teachers. While the literature in the field of English education demonstrates the efficacy of computer technology in writing instruction and addresses its impact on the evolving definition of…

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO METHODS OF FIRST-GRADE BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WERE INVESTIGATED. APPROXIMATELY 920 FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN WERE DIVIDED INTO 2 GROUPS WHICH RECEIVED 1 OF THE 2 METHODS. TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN VARIABLES ON READING ACHIEVEMENT, THE CHILDREN WERE MATCHED IN PAIRS. THE RESULTS WERE GATHERED FROM ONE GROUP…

A MAJOR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM OF ENRICHMENT THAT WILL CULTIVATE THE INHERENT POTENTIAL OF THE PUPIL TO BETTER PREPARE HIM TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO HIS CULTURE, TO DEVELOP WITHIN HIM AN APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AND PAST CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY AND TO AROUSE IN HIM A DYNAMIC AWARENESS OF THE SOCIAL WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVES. THE PROGRAM…

This book discusses PCRP II, an integrative framework for language and literacy which teachers and administrators can use to examine, and when appropriate, to improve school and classroom practice in language use across the curriculum. Chapter 1 offers an introduction and summary. Chapter 2, "Perspectives on Theory and Practice,"…

For social studies teachers, good social studies requires good reading, writing, and mathematics skills. In addition, the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) administers reading, writing, and mathematics assessments to students at specific grade levels. Through many years of working together with their classes and with the "We the…