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Redesigning the Educational System To Enable All Students To Succeed.
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Teele, Sue – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Tests, class assignments, and teaching methods usually focus only on linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences. The Teele Inventory of Multiple Intelligences examines students' dominant intelligences and has been used to demonstrate the abilities students possess at different grade levels. Teele has also developed a model that identifies…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence, Performance Based Assessment
Teacher Expectations--A Critical Factor for Student Achievement.
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Arganbright, Jerry L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Literature is reviewed supporting the contention that teacher expectations are a crucial element of the educational climate that can influence students' motivation, measured ability, and achievement. (MJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
Characteristics of the Effective School--A Starting Point for Self-Evaluation.
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Curran, Thomas J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Presents in checklist form 11 characteristics of an effective school, including student relations, school climate, parent relations, and regular evaluations of curriculum and students. (JW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Discipline, Educational Environment
Understanding the Technologies of Our Learning Environments.
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Bossert, Philip J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
We have conspired, consciously or unconsciously, to create the multimedia environments in our homes and neighborhoods. Educators must create, consciously and cautiously, a similar technologically rich, media-literate learning environment for schools. To accomplish this, they must learn to recognize the "invisible" technologies (in learning spaces,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
How Principals Can Build a Culture of Quality That Supports Standards of Excellence.
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Lee, James O. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
The current standards movement cannot succeed unless a school's culture is committed to helping all students achieve excellence. Principals must build a schoolwide culture of quality focused on learning projects. Teachers should design projects backwards, using standards and assessment rubrics based on actual student products and performances.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Environment, Excellence in Education, Guidelines
Ensuring Racial, Cultural Harmony in the School.
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Leake, Donald – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
Principals must ensure that school climate promotes acceptance of all races and cultures and discourages racial slurs, jokes, and other acts of bias and discrimination. An Ontario (Canada) school district has developed a comprehensive race relations policy governing six areas: incidents of expressed bias and discrimination, student assessment and…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum, Educational Environment
A Promising Future for Every Student: Maine Invests in Secondary Reform.
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Donaldson, Gordon A., Jr. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
Maine's gubernatorially appointed Commission on Secondary Education produced eight overarching observations and six core principles governing learning climate, teacher expectations, differentiated instruction, assessment, democratic engagement, and program coherency. This new vision challenges schools and communities to rethink how they assess,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Coherence, Core Curriculum