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Miranda M. Conlon; Meena M. Balgopal; Brett L. Bruyere; Diane S. Wright; Kevin R. Crooks; Jonathan Salerno – Environmental Education Research, 2025
Place-based education (PBE) offers teachers a unique opportunity to increase engagement and academic outcomes while strengthening students' connections to their environment and inspiring future conservation. In most instances, classroom teachers must independently choose to implement PBE, such as when discussing topics surrounding wildlife and the…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods, Science Teachers
Colleen Kopay – ProQuest LLC, 2024
An opportunity gap exists in the United States school system where students of color score lower on standardized tests and have fewer opportunities than their white counterparts. Culturally Relevant Education (CRE) theory attempts to close this gap, and is defined by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1995) as Pedagogy that rests on three criteria or…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change, Achievement Gap, Teaching Methods
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Israel, Whitney; Mulitauopele, Christine; Ma, Ming; Levinson, Arnold H.; Cikara, Lauren; Brooks-Russell, Ashley – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: The adoption of a shortened school week from the traditional 5 to 4 days is increasing nationwide. Budgetary and staffing needs are driving the change, yet research on the effects on students is lacking, especially regarding student health. Our study examined student health in 4 vs 5-day schools in Colorado, a state with one of the…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Adolescents, Health Behavior, Correlation