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Peer reviewedJones, Bruce Anthony – School Community Journal, 1993
In 1986, Lilly Endowment launched Middle Grades Improvement Program as a major initiative to meet young adolescents' needs. This article describes development of the MGIP's "building public support" component. A survey of Indiana schools involved with this component showed that most districts developed new programs involving schools,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement
Download full textMancini, Gail Hinchion; Lewis, Anne C., Ed. – 1993
This publication describes efforts taken in Indiana to improve middle-grade education. The restructuring of the state's urban middle grades has been supported by Lilly Endowment Inc., which founded the Middle Grades Improvement Program (MGIP), 6 years ago. Despite the lack of an overall middle-grade theme in the state Department of Education and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedRosario, Jose R.; Franklin, Barry M. – Journal of Education Policy, 1994
Service learning, currently popular among communitarian-minded American educators, recently received a large dose of political legitimacy in "What You Can Do for Your Country," the report of the Commission on National and Community Service. This article examines the commission's proposal and explores, through a case study of urban school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community, Educational Benefits
Ames, Nancy L.; Miller, Edward – 1994
This book tells the stories of four urban middle schools that have undergone deep transformation while participating in the Middle Grades Improvement Program (MGIP), an initiative that has nurtured fundamental change in school climate, structure and classroom practice in 16 urban districts and 65 schools in Indiana. The support of the Lilly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Community Support, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedBonk, Curtis Jay; And Others – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1996
The Indiana Weather Project (IWP) investigated how the joint application of situated learning and constructivist theory might support elementary school students' understanding of weather systems. Results indicated significant cognitive gains during the multimedia weather unit. (SD)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Programs, Educational Technology
Harty, Harold; And Others – 1986
The evaluation report by Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (Columbus, Indiana) describes findings concerning what works and what does not work in the Academic Challenge Program, a gifted and talented education program at the elementary and middle school levels. A corollary purpose of the report is to share the evaluation plan itself,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Affective Objectives, Critical Thinking
