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United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1909
The list here presented is not intended to include the "hundred best books" on education. It merely offers, within a reasonable compass, representative selections from those divisions of educational literature, both general and special, that are of marked interest and value to the public-school teachers of America. As such it may serve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Public School Teachers, Educational Resources
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Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
The legislature of every American Commonwealth, except Alabama, was in regular session during the years 1929 and 1930 here reviewed. A large mass of educational legislation was enacted. The enactments represent the latest types of legislation on the subjects with which they generally deal. Distinctly new educational movements are not conspicuous…
Descriptors: Attendance, School Organization, Transportation, Educational Legislation
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Hartley, Linda A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1996
Explores the attrition rate of instrumental music students between the initial grade level of instruction and grade seven. Compares retention rates between those programs that housed grades five and six in the same building and those that housed them in separate buildings. Considers implications of these findings. (MJP)
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Applied Music, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
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Warren, Louis L.; Payne, Beverly D. – Journal of Educational Research, 1997
This study investigated middle school organizational patterns and their impact on teachers' efficacy and perceptions of the working environment. Analysis of survey responses by 81 eighth grade teachers indicated that teachers on interdisciplinary teams with common planning time were significantly more positive than were teachers on…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Grade 8, Interdisciplinary Approach
Goldberg, Bruce; Richards, John – Educational Technology, 1995
Describes the creation and design of Co-NECT, a computer and networking project created by Bolt Beranek and Newman Educational Technologies to help improve teaching and learning in K-12 schools. Discusses student and teacher experiences, evaluations of experiences, necessary school infrastructures, and the organization and politics of schools and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology
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Sabo, Dennis J. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1995
For this study, middle-school teachers, students, and principals completed surveys on organizational climate, quality of life, and use of recommended middle-school practices. Student attitudes toward school life were only slightly affected by openness in faculty relationships; they were more affected by classroom organization and use of accepted…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Collegiality, Educational Practices, Grade 8
Glenn, Charles L. – Equity and Choice, 1992
Considers issues of school choice and school autonomy. Parents, society as a whole, and the educator team of each school should have a lead role in answering the basic questions about schooling. Examples from schools in other countries illustrate some new approaches to school autonomy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy
Karklina, S. E. – Soviet Education, 1989
Advocates applying the theories of Anton S. Makarenko, an early influential Soviet educator, to the practice of school administration in the Soviet Union. Reviews Makarenko's theories, focusing on the establishment of a unified labor collective school, responsible for students' political socialization and character development. Stresses the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Communism, Educational Change, Educational Environment
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Greaney, Vincent; Mulryan, Catherine – Elementary School Journal, 1991
Reviews the system of elementary education in the Republic of Ireland. Examines demographic data on the nature and size of school population and the organization of elementary education; describes curriculum at the junior and senior grade levels; presents research findings relating to reading, mathematics, science; and considers teacher and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
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Hannaway, Jane – Sociology of Education, 1993
Reports on the effect of external political pressure on the distribution of influence in school districts. Focuses specifically on the influence exercised by school-level administrators and teachers on school-level policy. Expounds on a theory of local variation across institutional organizations using the High School and Beyond study. (CFR)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent School Relationship
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Downing, June E.; Spencer, Sally; Cavallaro, Claire – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine the startup of a charter elementary school specifically designed to be fully inclusive. Twenty-one adult stakeholders, including parents, teachers, staff, and an administrator, were interviewed and asked a series of questions designed to solicit information about what they identified as strengths and…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Participative Decision Making, College School Cooperation, Charter Schools
Smith, Albert J., Jr. – 1995
This publication introduces school personnel concerned with early intervention with potential school dropouts to a promising school-based interprofessional case management model that has been successfully field-tested in 25 very different elementary school communities of Idaho and Washington State over the past 7 years: C-STARS (Center for the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers, Demonstration Programs
Glines, Don – 1995
In the 21st century learning should be continuously available. This book traces the evolution of year-round school schedules from 1840-1980 in the United States and documents the many innovative educational programs of the past. It also describes the status, philosophy, calendars, and strategies of the 1990s and offers forecasts for continuous…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Innovation
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; Haslam, M. Bruce – 1992
This publication, part of a series initiated in 1986, describes effective educational practices of schools that serve disadvantaged students and adds information on recent research about the characteristics of these schools to support the review. Following an introduction, four types of attributes are examined in four sections. Section 1 considers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This report envisions Texas schools using one another as resources and the campus planning process as a vehicle for implementing research-based concepts and practices in the middle grades. Since Texas' restructuring effort will not succeed without commitment to staff development from all levels of the education community, the need for teacher and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment
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