Funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the project's reading specialists take over a teacher's classroom in order that the teacher may visit a demonstration center where good teaching practices are demonstrated in classroom situations. (NQ)

The Data in a Day self-study program has numerous distinguishing features to help schools strengthen their capacity as learning communities. The program focuses on teaching and learning, involves the entire school community, emphasizes student voice, leads to insights translating into action, affirms strengths, and identifies areas needing…

Describes the ways key issues in whole-language implementation were handled in Tennessee's pilot program. Offers a framework for encouraging teachers to look closely at the advantages of whole language without squeezing them between a rock and a hard place. (RS)

This report covers the activities of the Knox County Mathematics Basic Skills Improvement Project from September 1980 to September 1982. The purpose of the project was to raise the level of student performance in the basic skill area of mathematics in the Knox County School System through the development of a restructured curriculum for grades…

This report presents case studies of the three exemplary projects within the Special Emphasis Project, a federally funded national study of how intensive reading programs might change the patterns of elementary school students who read one or more grades below grade level. An introductory section provides information on the history, organization,…