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Goodman, Amy – Middle School Journal (J3), 2008
This article describes how parent communication across an urban school district was improved through student-led, teacher-supported conferences. According to "This We Believe," student-led, teacher-supported conferences empower young adolescents to accept responsibility for their own learning. Such conferences invite parents into the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Parent Teacher Conferences, School Districts, Educational Change
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Rickard, Anthony – Journal of American Indian Education, 2005
This case study examines a sixth-grade teacher and her students in an urban school district in Alaska, engaging in an activity from a module that is part of the Math in a Cultural Context (MCC) series. By analyzing the module, the teacher's practice, classroom discourse, and students' work, the case shows that the teacher and the MCC module…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Urban Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Control Groups
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1907
Beginning with the Commissioner of Education introduction, Chapter I of Volume 1 covers British and Irish education, including a detailed view of English and Welsh elementary education. French education is addressed in Chapter II, with historic context, contemporary issues, and data. Chapter III details the Prussian 1906 school law requiring…
Descriptors: Reports, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Educational Legislation