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Swaim, Marty Shollenberger; Swaim, Stephen C. – 1999
This book presents the argument that teachers need more time for students, more time for planning, and more time for teaching. It claims that the United States should adopt and pay for the model used for public schools elsewhere in the world by having smaller classes, fewer classes per day for each teacher, and more work time for teachers to plan…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Workload
Pumpian, Ian, Ed.; Fisher, Douglas, Ed.; Wachowiak, Susan, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
School in the Park is an innovative museum-based educational effort to engage students in their community during the school day. Since 1999 several hundred students have been educated each year in museums and the zoo in San Diego. This is more than a field trip, it is changing the way that education is provided. Challenging the Classroom Standard…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Learning Experience, Social Studies, Oral Language