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Green, Christine; Russell, Joanne Collins – Equity and Choice, 1987
Describes a collaborative effort between one school district of the Boston (MA) Public Schools and two Boston higher education institutions to create an innovative program of public early childhood education for 55 three-, four-, and five-year olds. The program attempts to improve educational services, teacher training and research opportunities.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Downey, Joan; Stern, Ann Swanson – Equity and Choice, 1989
Describes a staff development program used by the Cambridge (Massachusetts) elementary schools in conjunction with the implementation of multicultural curriculum components. Includes a lesson plan in which staff developers model multicultural literature and cooperative learning strategies. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Bailey, Marsha; And Others – Equity and Choice, 1989
Describes the curriculum reorganization and staff training involved in the desegregation of the Holyoke (Massachusetts) public schools. Suggests strategies for successful integration of a multicultural curriculum. (FMW)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Keirstead, Carol – Equity and Choice, 1987
Describes Project LOWELL, a K-8 bilingual education program developed by Lowell (MA) Public Schools to cope with the dramatic influx of Southeast Asian pupils since 1979. Discusses five project areas: instruction, curriculum development and coordination, staff development and training, parent and community involvement, and dissemination. Issues of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development
