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Martha Bleeker; Susanne James-Burdumy; Nicholas Beyler; Allison Hedley Dodd; Rebecca A. London; Lisa Westrich; Katie Stokes-Guinan; Sebastian Castrechini – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2012
Recess periods often lack the structure needed to support physical activity and positive social development (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2010). The Playworks program places full-time coaches in low-income schools to provide opportunities for organized play during recess and throughout the school day. Playworks activities are designed to engage…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Recess Breaks, Play, Athletic Coaches
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Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Mitchell, Mary M.; Leaf, Philip J. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2010
Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) is a universal, schoolwide prevention strategy that is currently implemented in over 9,000 schools across the nation to reduce disruptive behavior problems through the application of behavioral, social learning, and organizational behavioral principles. SWPBIS aims to alter school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Socialization, Suspension, Student Behavior
Nunnery, John A.; Ross, Steven M.; Goldfeder, Elizabeth – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2003
The present research is a third-party study of the effects of the School Renaissance (SR) comprehensive school reform (CSR) model on student achievement in 11 elementary and middle schools in Texas. The primary measures used in the study were the Texas Learning Index (TLI) reading and mathematics scores obtained through administration of the Texas…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Change, Change Strategies