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Direct linkHaynes, Mariana – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2014
As one of only six states receiving a federal Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grant, Pennsylvania has designed and implemented an innovative program that focuses on improved instruction and interventions to ensure every student is literate and graduates from high school ready for college and a career. This report describes Pennsylvania's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Student Improvement, Comprehensive Programs
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2013
Pacesetting high schools, middle grades schools and technology centers have changed classroom and other practices to prepare students to meet postsecondary requirements and rising workplace needs. The strategies include raising expectations, project-based learning, guidance and advisement, improving students' reading and writing skills,…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Effective Schools Research, Change Strategies, Career Readiness
Peer reviewedBertz, Michael D. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Trickshot! is an exploratory environment that allows learners to experiment with various physical properties to develop an intuitive understanding of the behavior of objects in physical systems. The software is geared to secondary students with little exposure to pool or physics. When used in conjunction with meaningful class activities, such an…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedDodd, Anne Wescott – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Professional development schools serve both novice and experienced teachers' needs by combining teacher education with professional development and school-restructuring efforts. Such schools are creating new opportunities for learning by teaching, doing, and collaborating. This article describes the University of Southern Maine's one-year,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Internship Programs
Peer reviewedDwyer, Sonya Corbin; Tilley, Betty Mercer – Rural Educator, 2001
A rural Canadian secondary school developed a cross-age peer-assisted summer program to improve academic achievement and career awareness. Although there was no significant improvement in math grades for female participants, 91 percent of students claimed the program helped them in their present courses. Other outcomes included improved academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Career Counseling, Foreign Countries
Kinsley, Carol W., Ed.; McPherson, Kate, Ed. – 1995
In this practical guide to service learning, 21 contributors describe specific service-learning projects that have enhanced the curriculum in schools across the United States and that have improved student learning in the process. In the Foreword, U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley, encourages schools to incorporate service learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
