Over the past eight years, through examinations of school-administered reading assessments, Springboard has demonstrated internally that the average Springboard Summer scholar improves in reading during the program. Several partner school districts have compared Springboard scholars to their non-participating counterparts and found that, on…

Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) for teachers can improve classroom interactions, teacher mindfulness, and well-being, yet whether teacher focused MBIs also benefit children remains largely unexplored. This cluster randomized trial with 36 urban elementary schools, 224 K-5th grade teachers (M[subscript age] = 41.5) and 5200 children…

This study examined what factors might have a positive impact on students' learning outcomes in mathematical understanding and computational thinking skills. Specifically, whether the proposed instructional design combining computational perspectives and an embodied approach in mathematics learning improves (a) mathematics learning, (b)…

This article explores inequity in access to and provision of bus service across student sociodemographic groups and examines possible barriers to bus access and utilization. To so do, we use administrative data on New York City K-6 public school students from 2011-2017, including information on race/ethnicity, poverty status, distance from home to…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to ascertain the perceptions of second- through fourth-grade teachers' knowledge of inference, strategies used by teachers for developing inference, and the instructional tools that teachers use to teach their students to make inferences. The participants in this study were eight…

This case study is one of five publications from the larger study, "Teaching for a Changing World: The Graduates of Bank Street College of Education." Established in 1989, Midtown West is a New York City public elementary school serving approximately 350 students from kindergarten through grade five. With the support of Tony Alvarado,…

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Everyday Arts for Special Education (EASE) program on elementary special education students' academic achievement (reading and math) and social-emotional learning. EASE was a 5-year program providing professional development and instruction in the arts in 10 New York City special education…

The "skin, scale, feather, and fur" program was designed to provide children in the New York City public schools with knowledge about various animal species and their place in the animal world. Teacher and paraprofessional staff along with the Staten Island Zoo Personnel developed activities and instructed children at the zoo. They also…

This report is an evaluation of the Diagnostic Prescriptive Reading Services Program which was designed to increase reading ability of 134 second and third grade students in New York City. Students were referred to the program by teachers, guidance counselors, and the program coordinator. Children were then tested by the school psychologist and a…

One hundred eight children in grades two to four (ages 7 to 10) whose reading level was one to two years below grade level participated in this program. The Creative Reading Program for the Children's Art Carnival funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I had as its purpose the teaching of reading and other communication…

FOUR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ARE HIGHLIGHTED. ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGAN A SPECIAL PROGRAM TO COORDINATE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. IT HELD PARENT-STUDY GROUPS AND USED RESOURCE PERSONS IN THE CLASSROOM. ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROVIDED A SPECIAL AEROSPACE PROGRAM. A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAS EFFECTIVELY USED AN…

A PLAN IS PROPOSED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, THE TEACHERS' UNION, AND SUPERVISOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR A PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED, INTEGRATED EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. THE PROGRAM, TO BE ESTABLISHED IN VARIOUS CITY AREAS, WILL OFFER PREKINDERGARTEN CLASSES, AN EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY, AND REDUCED CLASS SIZE.…