Examines how the New Milford (Connecticut) School District avoided failing accreditation by creating a plan to convert the deteriorating high school building into an intermediate school for grades four to six. Planning concerns and accomplishments are discussed, including overcoming parental objections, the importance of the cafeteria's location,…

Although businesses and schools make unnatural partners, Stamford, Connecticut's business community is reaching out to disadvantaged youth. GE Capital Services focused on a pen-pal program to improve students' writing skills. Pitney Bowes created an afterschool tutoring/social-support program for neighborhood kids that dramatically boosted reading…

This document presents a series of 14 lesson plans in an interdisciplinary Spanish unit on "La isla del encanto/The Enchanted Island." The materials were prepared for students in grades 5 or 6 who have had basic Spanish instruction in previous grades. The students should also be familiar with basic concepts in English such as math…