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Download full textOhio Department of Education and Workforce, 2025
Ohio law requires the director of the Department of Education and Workforce to report annually the numbers and percentages of students in kindergarten through grade 4 who are reading below grade level based on diagnostic assessments, and also to report progress for all students placed on Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plans in kindergarten…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Peer reviewedNancy Solomon – Journal of Folklore and Education, 2018
This article describes a project that looked at how Superstorm Sandy affected the seafaring community, its residents, and its maritime traditions on Long Island. The program helped participants learn from one another, in a multidisciplinary environment that encouraged reflection and creativity. By focusing on local ecological knowledge and…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Marine Education, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Direct linkJennifer Suh; Gretchen Maxwell; Kate Roscioli; Holly Tate; Padmanabhan Seshaiyer; Risto Marttinen – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2023
A powerful way to build students' mathematical power and agency is through Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice (TMfSJ), where students read and write the world with mathematics (Gutstein, 2005). Reading the world with mathematics uses mathematics to understand relations of power, resource inequities, and disparate opportunities between…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Models, Social Justice, Athletics
Darby Walsh; Ann Gervasoni – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2023
Enhancing the mathematical problem solving and conceptual understanding of Year 6 students was the goal for a team of primary teachers. For this purpose, they investigated a teaching approach involving Challenging Tasks as a Professional Learning Community. The process followed by the team is outlined, and the impact on teaching and learning is…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Hourigan, Mairéad; Leavy, Aisling – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2021
This paper reports on a project that sought to enhance problem-solving practices within a cluster of primary schools. In-service teachers' description of their approach to problem-solving suggested it was treated as an isolated practice that occurred after concepts had been taught; often focusing on teaching particular problem-solving strategies…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Elementary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods
But We Don't Got Nothing: Countering Rural Brain Drain by Forging Authentic Connections through Text
Erin Donovan – English Journal, 2017
This article, based on a study in a sixth-grade middle school classroom in the rural southern United States, details a writing project that questions the nature of text and how text might positively affect students' perceptions as they become change agents for their communities.
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Grade 6, Middle Schools, Writing Assignments
Murrah-Hanson, Laurie; Kelley, Brittani; Cantwell, Jennifer; Cheney, Jeremy – Journal of Extension, 2019
Georgia 4-H has been partnering with public schools for over 100 years to provide youth development programming for elementary, middle, and high schools. In 2013, a new state accountability system required the addition of career exploration lessons in elementary schools. Georgia 4-H staff and faculty developed a career curriculum taught by county…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Extension Education, School Community Programs, Public Schools
Julia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
Suh, Jennifer; Birkhead, Sara; Farmer, Rachelle Romero; Galanti, Terrie; Nietert, Alexandrea; Bauer, Tyler; Seshaiyer, Padmanabhan – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
The sandwich problem described in this article would likely be considered more appropriate for third grade or above. However, as members of the research team for a lesson study involving teachers from kindergarten through fourth grade, the authors saw kindergarten students rise to the challenge. The authors invite readers to review two scenarios,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Kindergarten, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction
Morris, Nancy – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2021
In collaboration with an urban public school, teacher candidates at a nearby university created a social-emotional skills project called Knight Brigade. The author discusses the project planning, implementation, and results as part of this ongoing partnership.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Preservice Teachers, Social Development
Wisbrock, Lauren; Reynolds, Erin; Mertins, Jen; Schultz, Anne; Hoellein, Timothy; Smetana, Lara – Science and Children, 2020
Human-made pollution is a large and complex problem that has harmful effects on communities and ecosystems. Understanding these impacts is essential, but it can be daunting when many types of chemical pollution are difficult to conceptualize, especially for elementary school students. Something every student can understand, however, is trash.…
Descriptors: Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Grade 4, Grade 5
Hourigan, Mairéad; Leavy, Aisling M. – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2020
As part of Lesson Study research within an initial teacher education programme two mathematics teacher educators worked alongside a group of five pre-service elementary teachers to create a motivating and meaningful problem-based lesson. The lesson promoted Year 5 students' understandings of the relationship between area and perimeter. The results…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Elementary School Teachers
Parker, Carolyn; Kruchten, Catherine; Moshfeghian, Audrey – Afterschool Matters, 2017
The STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES) program is a community partnership initiative that includes both in-school and afterschool STEM education for grades 3-5. It was designed to broaden participation and achievement in STEM education by bringing science and engineering to the lives of low-income urban elementary school…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Urban Schools, STEM Education, Science Course Improvement Projects
Christensen, Carrie Ann – Teaching Artist Journal, 2015
The classroom offers a unique and effective venue for community engagement and an opportunity for teaching artists to dive into a topic on both practical and theoretical levels, resulting in well-informed input. That well-informed input is then translated into thoughtful action. It is exciting to engage students early on in shaping their community…
Descriptors: Art Education, Water, School Community Relationship, Elementary School Students
Moon, Seungho – Teaching Artist Journal, 2016
An arts-based afterschool program is introduced in advancing children's democratic citizenship and a sense of community. The ARtS Initiative (Aesthetic, Reflexive thoughts, & Sharing) has reimagined arts and aesthetics for young people in urban settings, providing an unquantifiable experience focused on promoting pluralistic societies. The…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, College School Cooperation, After School Programs
