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Gregory, Anne; Evans, Katherine R. – National Education Policy Center, 2020
Schools are implementing Restorative Justice in Education (RJE) initiatives across the United States, often to reduce the use of out-of-school suspension, which is known to increase the risk for dropout and arrest. Many RJE initiatives also aim to strengthen social and emotional competencies, reduce gender and racial disparities in discipline, and…
Descriptors: Justice, Punishment, Educational Change, Equal Education
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Snyder, Kailey; Dinkel, Danae; Schaffer, Connie; Hiveley, Seth; Colpitts, Amanda – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2017
Classroom physical activity (PA) has been linked to a multitude of health and academic benefits. However, due to barriers such as lack of time and resources many teachers are not implementing classroom PA to the degree they would like to. One innovative solution is to integrate classroom PA into academic concepts. Based on self-determination…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Physical Activities, Integrated Activities, Mathematics Education
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Kitchener, Deborah; Murphy, Janet; Lebans, Robert – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2011
This article reports on the implementation and impact of two blended models of teacher professional learning that promote innovative classroom practice and improved literacy and numeracy in six school districts in Ontario, Canada. The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning Program (ABEL), situated at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Martin, Stuart C. – School Organisation, 1994
Describes an innovation in an outer-London comprehensive school and raises questions concerning its implementation. Describes the school and its context and outlines the innovation, Assertive Discipline. Presents classroom observations showing uneven interpretations by teachers and no positive effects on pupil behavior. Discusses seven potential…
Descriptors: Discipline, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Jackson, Shirley A., Ed. – 1993
Comprehensive school health education is a primary prevention strategy for teaching the nation's children and their parents the skills needed for a healthy lifestyle. This publication provides information about the U.S. Department of Education's Comprehensive School Health Education Program (CSHEP) and presents four papers commissioned for the…
Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Hoen, Robert R. – 1972
This study was designed primarily to evaluate the effectiveness of three multi-age classes at Carnarvon School, Vancouver, B.C. (each class having an age range of three years: ages 6-8, 7-9, 9-11) in developing children's self-concepts and attitudes toward school. No significant difference was found between the multi-age and regular classes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis
Griffin, Robert E. – 1976
A one-year study evaluated the Human Development Program, or "Magic Circle," a project (conducted in the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) School District) designed to explore student concerns and ideas in the areas of awareness, mastery, and social interaction and consisting of daily twenty-minute classroom meetings of teacher and pupils in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education