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Hudgens, Tanée M.; Logis, Handrea A.; Leutscher, Trevor; Serdiouk, Marina; Barnett, Joshua H. – National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2022
With more than two decades of on-the-ground experience impacting 300,000 educators and 3 million students, NIET's success is grounded in research. The success of NIET's work is evident in the positive findings from evaluations of impact. In NIET's 2022-23 Research Summary, we summarize findings from five new studies and highlight selected findings…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Capacity Building, Rural Schools
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Curtin, Jenny; Hurwitch, Bill; Olson, Tom – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
An early warning system is a data-based tool that helps predict which students are on the right path towards eventual graduation or other grade-appropriate goals. Through such systems, stakeholders at the school and district levels can view data from a wide range of perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of student data. This "Statewide…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Indicators, Predictor Variables, At Risk Students
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
South Carolina is in the process of transitioning to new English language arts and mathematics standards that will better prepare students to be successful in college and their careers. Time, effort, and resources must be dedicated to effective implementation in order to realize the promise of these new common core state standards. This paper…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, College Preparation, Career Development
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Wilson, Jennifer; Jewett, Pamela; Vanderburg, Michelle – Middle School Journal (J1), 2008
Students and teachers at Hand Middle School in Columbia, South Carolina, were in the midst of a two-year, comprehensive renovation and construction project in which some sections of their 75-year-old, historic building were being renovated and new sections added. When parts of the school were boarded up and oversized machinery first moved onto…
Descriptors: Learning Resources Centers, Media Specialists, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1979
This publication contains descriptions of a wide spectrum of exemplary educational programs available as models for educators in South Carolina. Each description includes the following information: rationale for the program's implementation; target audiences; funding; students, parents, instructional, and administrative staff opinions concerning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
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Johnson, Debi – Science and Children, 1995
Discusses the Tadpoles Project at Schofield Middle School in Aiken, South Carolina. A basin was excavated to create a pond so that students could study various disciplines in a wetlands setting. Presents guidelines for obtaining support for such an effort. (NB)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Environmental Education, Financial Support, Interdisciplinary Approach
Gottfried, Jackie; McFeely, Melissa Gilliland – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1998
Describes a collaborative effort in Beaufort County (South Carolina) to provide middle school students with laptop computers. Student and teacher reactions are discussed; examples of language arts projects are described; and a sidebar offers suggestions for funding that include parental contributions, corporate and community sponsorships, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Programs, Educational Finance, Language Arts
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Swanson, Julie Dingle – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2006
This article describes Project Breakthrough, federally funded as a demonstration through the Javits Gifted and Talented Education Act. Project staff worked for 3 years with three elementary schools in South Carolina to train teachers in the use of language arts and science curriculum developed by the Center for Gifted Education at the College of…
Descriptors: Minority Group Children, Academically Gifted, Low Income Groups, Elementary School Students