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Peer reviewedCusick, Philip A.; Borman, Jennifer – Teachers College Record, 2002
Describes Michigan's effort to create a state language arts curriculum in the context of systemic reform, discussing the overlapping of various stakeholders with the state and other collectives that emerged. Although Michigan's educational system remains loosely linked, democratic, and contentious, the language arts effort heightened mutual…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts
Download full textBorman, Jennifer; Cusick, Philip – 1998
The Michigan English Language Arts Framework (MELAF) offers an illustrative case of top-down and bottom-up confluences in curriculum policymaking. In several distinct ways, state policy met local initiatives to create dynamic partnerships to spread change. State systematic reformers looked to the grass roots for ideas and percolating initiatives.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Quimper, Barry E.; And Others – 1977
Major objectives of the Cooperative Project in Native American Development during the 1976-77 school year were: development of 8 Michigan Woodland Indian Social Studies-Language Arts curriculum packages relevant to the needs of American Indian students (K-8) in 3 Michigan school districts; and development of a series of monthly cultural enrichment…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Achieve, Inc., 2003
In 2002, the Michigan State Board of Education asked the Department of Education to develop grade-by-grade "content expectations" in reading/English language arts and mathematics to provide guidance to local educators and parents and serve as the basis for annual assessments required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, State Standards
Quimper, Barry E.; And Others – 1977
The Summer School beginning the second year of the three-district, cooperative project was administered by the Saginaw, Michigan, Intermediate School District. The program had two objectives: to field test three curriculum packages dealing with Woodland Indian Social Studies-Language Arts, and to "provide for the special needs of Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Cooperative Programs, Cultural Enrichment
Peer reviewedRosaen, Cheryl; Gere, Anne Ruggles – Action in Teacher Education, 1996
Two teacher educators utilized professional standards to inform their teaching. They used reflective dialog, action research, and critical inquiry in a standards-based language arts curriculum to support revisions and improvements in classroom practices and curriculum development. This led to new ideas about collaborative structures and stimulated…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
