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Andrew P. Jaciw; Rebecca Dowling; Mayah Waltower; Li Lin; Jenna Zacamy – Empirical Education Inc., 2025
This report contains the appendices for the report "'How Are the Children?' A Study of the Effectiveness of a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum for High School Students: A Report of a Randomized Experiment Conducted in the Rock Island Milan School District." The report presents findings from a one-year teacher-level randomized control…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning
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Andrew P. Jaciw; Rebecca Dowling; Mayah Waltower; Li Lin; Jenna Zacamy – Grantee Submission, 2025
This study evaluates the first year of implementation of How Are the Children (HATC), a project-based social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum designed to enhance high school student's social-emotional (SE) development. Through documentary filmmaking and lessons based on SE competencies, HATC aims to provide SEL support that amplifies authentic…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning
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Jeffrey Schagrin; Bridget Sheng; Lora Wolff – Grantee Submission, 2025
The Innovative STEM--Computer Science and Engineering Design (STEM CSED) project (Award #: U411C190169), funded by an Early-Phase Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant, sought to strengthen math achievement and foster positive attitudes toward STEM and computer science among students in Waukegan Community Unit School District #60, a large,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Computer Science, Mathematics Achievement, Student Attitudes
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Rebecca Dowling; Andrew P. Jaciw; Mayah Waltower; Li Lin; Jenna Zacamy – Grantee Submission, 2025
This study evaluates the first year of implementation of "How Are the Children" (HATC), a project-based social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum designed to enhance high school student's social-emotional (SE) development. Through documentary filmmaking and lessons based on SE competencies, HATC aims to provide SEL support that…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning
Rebecca Dowling; Andrew P. Jaciw; Mayah Waltower; Li Lin; Jenna Zacamy – Empirical Education Inc., 2025
In December 2022, Rock Island-Milan School District #41 (RIMSD), in partnership with the Connect with Kids Network (CWK) and Empirical Education, received an early-phase Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. RIMSD contracted with Empirical Education to conduct a one-year teacher-level randomized…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning
Andrew P. Jaciw; Rebecca Dowling; Mayah Waltower; Li Lin; Jenna Zacamy – Empirical Education Inc., 2025
This report contains supplemental data to the report "'How Are the Children?' A Study of the Effectiveness of a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum for High School Students: A Report of a Randomized Experiment Conducted in the Rock Island Milan School District." The report presents findings from a one-year teacher-level randomized…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning
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Castelli, Darla; Centeio, Erin; Boehrnsen, Helen; Barclay, Doug; Bundy, Craig – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2012
There are many key players in a functional school-university partnership. The purpose of this article is to provide insight into the establishment of roles within a school-university partnership charged with creating educational reform. Specific details are provided about three key change agents (the Wizard, the Warrior, and the Wagoner) who…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Health Related Fitness, Physical Education, Behavior Modification
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Richards, Maryse H.; Sanderson, Rebecca Cornelli; Celio, Christine I.; Grant, Jane E.; Choi, Inhe; George, Christine C.; Deane, Kyle – Journal of Experiential Education, 2013
Over the past few decades, service-learning has surged in popularity. Although most programs are implemented in high school and college classrooms, service-learning has the potential for great impact in middle school. The present article evaluates a pilot service-learning program for fifth- and seventh-grade (N = 86) children in a large, urban,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Age Differences
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LaCursia, Nancy – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
This article describes how to implement the four-phase curriculum review model, a simplified process for renovating a high school health and physical education curriculum. Although this model was used at a large suburban high school, it could be adapted for use by smaller schools or other disciplines. The four phases of this model are: (1) needs…
Descriptors: High Schools, Physical Education, Needs Assessment, Parent Participation