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Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairéad; O'Dwyer, Anne; Carroll, Claire; Corry, Edward; Hamilton, Miriam – Science and Children, 2021
The integrated STEM activity described in this article incorporated two investigations that sought to develop children's understanding of fair-testing: (1) the first parachutes: how does the angle of a parachute frame affect the speed of descent?; and (2) modern parachutes: how does the size of the parachute canopy affect the speed of descent?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Valenzuela, Angela – Equity Assistance Center Region II, Intercultural Development Research Association, 2018
Grow Your Own (GYO) educator programs are a potential strategy for districts and universities to employ to help recruit and retain teachers of color. When designed within an asset-based framework, they emphasize equitable approaches and critical perspectives that combine the powerful roles of "homegrown" teachers, culturally-relevant…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Minority Group Teachers, Student Recruitment, School Districts
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Walters, Debi Molina; Oliver, Jill – Science and Children, 2013
When teachers, parents, and community members work together, children benefit (Henderson and Mapp 2002). This is especially true when the collaboration is coordinated and focused as it was for the Greenteam, a science ecology club and an event created by a network of educators, elementary students, and science professionals. The club and a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Science Education, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
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McKnight, Sean – Tech Directions, 2012
Many school districts are seeing a need to introduce technology education to students at the elementary level. Pennsylvania's Penn Manor School District is one of them. Pennsylvania has updated science and technology standards for grades 3-8, and after several conversations the author had with elementary principals and the assistant superintendent…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Development, Lesson Plans, Elementary School Curriculum
Kim, James S. – George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, 2010
This paper has three goals. First, it describes the broader research on summer reading loss. Second, it discusses how research and development efforts informed the key components of Project READS (Reading Enhances Achievement During Summer), a scaffolded voluntary summer reading intervention for children in grades 3 to 5. The second part of the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Programs, Models, Research and Development
Foster, Michele – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
While researchers continue to debate teacher qualifications, explore how to get more qualified teachers into urban schools serving low-income students, or try to determine whether teachers who are successful with middle-class students would also be successful with pupils in low-income urban schools, one practicable idea can easily be overlooked.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Income, Teacher Qualifications