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Direct linkSato, Mistilina; Atkin, J. Myron – Educational Leadership, 2007
Formative assessment has been receiving increasing attention in education. But from a classroom teacher's perspective, changing assessment practices is not always an easy, straightforward process. This article describes the experiences of five middle schools science teachers who met together weekly to exchange ideas about integrating formative…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Teacher Improvement
Nelson, Jim – Educational Leadership, 2007
The AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program helps students, particularly those in the academic middle, prepare for the rigorous courses that can help them get into college. AVID students take an elective class in which they learn organizational and study skills, receive tutoring, and support one another. Teachers in AVID schools…
Descriptors: Study Skills, College Preparation, Program Effectiveness, Guidance Programs
Warschauer, Mark – Educational Leadership, 2006
Schools across the country are experimenting with one-to-one laptop learning programs. The author's research team has studied 10 such schools--seven in California and three in Maine--and has found that laptop programs have great potential to help schools prepare students for the future. In this article, Warschauer warns that one-to-one laptop…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Rural Schools, Suburban Schools, Program Effectiveness
Green, Daniel G. – Educational Leadership, 2006
Searching for ways to help students feel more connected to one another and to the school community as a whole, a junior high school implemented the social house approach. Social houses divide students into multiple social units, rather than into separate academic entities. Each unit has its own identity and theme.The different groups mix during…
Descriptors: House Plan, Junior High Schools, Junior High School Students, Student School Relationship
Peer reviewedWheaton, Craig; Kay, Stephen – Educational Leadership, 1999
Faced with low literacy levels, four schools in Santa Clara, California, decreed that every entering kindergartner would be a competent reader by the end of second grade. The schools then implemented the 1,000 Days Network--an uninterrupted morning literacy block tailored to children's needs. Preliminary results are encouraging. (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Intervention, Literacy Education, Low Achievement
Peer reviewedPenuel, William R.; Means, Barbara; Simkins, Michael – Educational Leadership, 2000
Teachers implementing a local history project in Belmont, California, had help from a federally funded technology innovation challenge grant: the Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project. Sponsored by a Silicon Valley school-business partnership, the initiative illustrates how technology can transform classroom learning while supporting instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Federal Programs, Instructional Innovation, Local History
