Federal legislation allows local education agencies to use a student's response to scientific research-based interventions as a method of identifying specific learning disabilities. As a result, educational leadership is challenged to implement response to intervention (RTI). Despite increased literature addressing RTI, no consensus on…

This work, part of the Spanish government's National I + D Plan 2004/07, entitled "Observatics: the implementation of free software in ICT centres in Andalusia: an analysis of its effect on the teaching-learning process", aims to describe the most recent impact of online communication technologies on education in Andalusia (Spain),…

By capitalizing on students' strengths and interests, reading styles instruction can help most youngsters become proficient readers. It is natural for children to enjoy reading. They should be challenged with high-level reading materials. Every student has a special reading style that develops at different times and rates. Successful programs are…

Presented are guidelines for developing a cross-age tutoring program in the elementary school. Program goals and expectations are said to include social and academic improvement, and increased self image of both tutors and younger children. Two models for cross-age tutoring are outlined, and the process of implementing the program is reviewed.…

Information and guidelines are presented for implementing a school district's Mentally Gifted Minor (MGM) Program, which operates within the regular school organization, under the administration of the school principal. Goals for an MGM program listed cover learning skills and cognitive and affective processes. Relevant California legislation on…

Visits, calls, letters, and "Saturday school" help parent and teacher to talk, work, and learn together. (Editor)

Learning stations are the basis of a "plan-for-each-child" programs. Whole-class and group instruction are part of the plan. (Editor)

Describes how one district redrew attendance boundaries after a new elementary school was added, and provides six rules to follow in realigning attendance boundaries. (IRT)

Every piece of audiovisual equipment has a primary use, but all too often it is the only use it gets in some classrooms. Curious and imaginative teachers and pupils can discover many fascinating additional uses if they just look. (Author)

In 1978, the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, through its Head Start program, designed and implemented the Basic Educational Skills (BES) project to foster Head Start children's readiness for school and their subsequent achievement in elementary school. The purpose of this document is to disseminate elementary-level BES materials.…

Presents guidelines for dealing with staff and the community, for setting up a "kick-off" learning center program, and for selecting a reading program. (Author/IRT)

Out-of-school educational settings and activities should involve varied learning modes deviating from the narrow skills and tasks of schooling. As a Los Angeles after-school program shows, students learn better when instruction builds on what they already know, helps them express their ideas, and develops activities related to their interests.…

Provides recommendations for developing programs for gifted students. Describes the development of an operational talented and gifted program for elementary students in Connecticut, called Operation Mind Stretch. (MA)

The Tennessee Valley Authority has established a Youth Station in the Land Between the Lakes area of Kentucky for the purpose of providing curricular activities in the out-of-doors. The facilities and associated curriculum patterns are designed primarily to accommodate a resident program of outdoor and environmental education experiences. To…

This report describes a practicum project that developed an evaluation program for an elementary school principal and then attempted to assess the effectiveness of that program. In developing the evaluation program, it was necessary to satisfy the guidelines established by the state of Connecticut, as well as the needs of the local board of…