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Direct linkDunn, Melissa; Drew, Christa; O'Brien, Joseph; Wood, Michael; Mora, Eriberto; Diener, Sam; Perry, Donna J. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Youth violence is a significant problem affecting community health. Community-academic partnerships can advance youth nonviolence education by synergizing the strengths of collaborators while working toward a common goal. We describe a collaboration between an urban public middle school, community nonprofit, and university-based…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Violence, Pretests Posttests, Prevention
Download full textNew York City Department of Education, 2015
In 2011, the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and the City Council's Middle School Taskforce launched the Middle School Quality Initiative (MSQI) as an instructional intervention for improving literacy levels in the lowest performing middle schools in New York City. The initiative grew rapidly and now serves over 100 schools and…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Middle Schools, School Turnaround
Bindler, Ruth C.; Goetz, Summer; Butkus, Sue Nicholson; Power, Thomas G.; Ullrich-French, Sarah; Steele, Michael – Journal of School Nursing, 2012
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in developed countries and is showing no signs of abating. The causes of obesity in adolescence are extremely complex, and therefore approaches to prevention and treatments must be multifaceted. Early adolescence is a developmental period when youth are becoming more independent, are influenced by…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Curriculum Development, Obesity, Middle Schools
Steele, Jennifer L.; Lewis, Matthew W.; Santibanez, Lucrecia; Faxon-Mills, Susannah; Rudnick, Mollie; Stecher, Brian M.; Hamilton, Laura S. – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation extended grants to three educational organizations working to develop or enhance competency-based approaches in large, urbanized school systems. The grant initiative, called Project Mastery, funded the development of technology-enhanced tools, including curriculum materials and online learning…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Program Descriptions
Steele, Jennifer L.; Lewis, Matthew W.; Santibanez, Lucrecia; Faxon-Mills, Susannah; Rudnick, Mollie; Stecher, Brian M.; Hamilton, Laura S. – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created the Project Mastery grant program to support competency-based education initiatives in large school systems that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged youth. Competency-based education meets students where they are academically, provides students with opportunities for choice, and awards…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Program Descriptions
Godreau Cimma, Kelly L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe one Connecticut middle school's voluntary implementation of a data-driven decision making process in order to improve student academic performance. Data-driven decision making is a component of Connecticut's accountability system to assist schools in meeting the requirements of the No…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Achievement Tests, Program Effectiveness
Tuttle, Christina Clark; Teh, Bing-ru; Nichols-Barrer, Ira; Gill, Brian P.; Gleason, Philip – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) is a bold effort to create a network of charter schools designed to transform and improve the educational opportunities available to low/income families. KIPP schools seek to actively engage students and parents in the educational process, expand the time and effort students devote to their studies, reinforce…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Low Income, Academic Achievement
Malti, Tina; Noam, Gil G. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
The authors provide a selected review of mental health and educational concerns evident in U.S. middle schools and describes promising and important strategies to ameliorate the high rates of students with mental health and academic difficulties. Despite some promising and important strategies, service systems are fragmented, and comprehensive…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Middle Schools, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health
Peer reviewedBain, Philip A. – Clearing House, 1976
The article concerning the mini-course program in Iron Mountain (EJ 067 651) has prompted the author, a principal at a middle school, to relate the experiences of Mount Vernon, Iowa in the same area. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Practices, Middle Schools, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedSimon, Robert K.; Moyer, David H. – Journal of School Health, 1976
The Cooperative Drug Education Pilot Project of the Bayard Middle School, Wilmington, Delaware, a planned drug education component of the health curriculum, is described and evaluated. (MB)
Descriptors: Drug Education, Health Education, Middle Schools, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedCooper, Charles R.; And Others – English Journal, 1976
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, English Curriculum, Middle Schools, Program Descriptions
Tobias, Randolf; Turner, Thomas M. – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Describes Network in the Schools (NIS), a project to enhance teens' academic achievement and self-esteem, which uses small group classroom discussions regarding self-affirmation, social concerns, self-improvement, and reflection, and meetings for group sharing and self-expression. Presents findings that the program results in enhanced parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Middle Schools, Parent Participation
Dynak, Dave – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Describes the planning, implementation, evaluation, and implications of a "Drama Day"--a one-day middle school festival centered on creating theater. Discusses plans for "Drama Day II." (RS)
Descriptors: Acting, Drama Workshops, Dramatics, Junior High Schools
Guttinger, Hellen I.; Hines, Vynce A. – 1977
This volume reports on a study to investigate the effectiveness of a developmental, individualized reading laboratory program at the middle-school and high-school levels. The program was developed and evaluated over a four-year period, at the F.K. Yonge Laboratory School, located at the University of Florida at Gainesville. Promising results…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Individualized Reading, Learning Laboratories, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedGill, Walter – Middle School Journal, 1995
Describes the Agriculture-Science Project, a program designed for inner-city African-American males to improve science grades, increase awareness of good health/safety practices, and increase awareness of science/health careers. Notes summer program results revealing significant differences in educational climate between summer and regular school,…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Inner City, Males, Middle School Students
