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Direct linkCurtis J. Jones; Dongmei Li – Grantee Submission, 2023
Future Forward is an early primary literacy program that pairs one-on-one tutoring with family engagement. The approach of Future Forward is informed by both systems theory and a school-family-community partnership model. With its school-family-community partnership approach, schools are not solely responsible for developing student literacy.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literacy Education, Tutoring, Family Involvement
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2014
A full year of progress in advancing education reform across America is documented in each of the Foundation for Excellence in Education's Annual Reports. The illustrated pages of the 2014 report, provide data-rich updates on Excellence in Education's work to advance student-centered policies in more than 40 states, all aimed at improving learning…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Quality, Excellence in Education, Student Centered Learning
Heineke, Sally Frances – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigates the discourse of elementary school reading coaches and teachers during coaching interactions in four Alabama schools. Coach/teacher dyads recorded naturally occurring coaching dialogue over periods of 3 to 6 weeks. Each participant shared her views on coaching and commented on the recorded discourse during post-interviews…
Descriptors: Credentials, Sociocultural Patterns, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Improvement
Whetstone, B. D. – 1974
This report presents the results of a study of the instructional activities in reading used by 759 Alabama teachers of kindergarten through grade nine. Activities are described in the context of how instruction is organized, the professional characteristics of the teachers, and the methods and materials used in reading instruction. In summarizing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMitchell, Katherine A. – Teaching and Change, 1999
Describes the Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI), which bases teacher professional development designed to improve student reading achievement on reading research. Members of the ARI reviewed the research and called for a balanced approach to reading instruction that focuses on the individual needs of each child. Explains how the ARI Plan is being…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Faculty Development, Reading Improvement
LEWIS, WILLIAM P. – 1966
A SUMMER PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR EDUCATORS WHOSE INTEREST LAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NONGRADED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM. EDUCATORS FROM APPROXIMATELY 35 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE INVITED TO OBSERVE THE PROGRAM. THE SCHOOL CONSISTED OF 80 CHILDREN 6 TO 12 YEARS OLD, AND A GROUP OF 20 CHILDREN 5 YEARS OLD. THE EMPHASIS WAS…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction
