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Download full textRosado, Robert J. – 1992
A program implemented in a school district in central New Jersey was designed to: (1) create at least four magnet school options for elementary school children; (2) reduce the suspension rate at the elementary level; (3) reduce the student referral rate for special education; (4) decrease the number of students requiring basic skills services; and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Education
Berryman, Sue E.; And Others – 1993
Comprehensive high schools have developed into systems serving the high-achieving, college-bound students and the students who need remediation in basic skills, with little attention being paid to the large number of students who fall between these two levels. Little attention is paid to educating students for midlevel jobs that require more…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Warring, Douglas F.; And Others – 1991
Teacher education is quickly evolving, reflecting the dynamic complexity and heterogeneity of U.S. society. Collaboration of state licensing agencies and university/college and school personnel is essential in pursuing creative options to meet student needs. This collaboration requires a careful examination of the roles played by each of the three…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Board of Education Policy, College School Cooperation, Educational Change
Metropolitan Education Coalition, Baltimore, MD. – 1989
The keynote addresses introduced conference participants both to general perspectives on school choice and to a specific focus on Maryland issues, concerns, and problems. In the panel discussion, four educational administrators discussed particular aspects of choice plans in their own subdivisions in different states. In the six discussion groups,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Kirkpatrick, Nanda D.; And Others – 1991
Twenty-one magnet programs in the Houston Independent School District in Texas feature an enriched curriculum in science, math, and/or computers (science/math). Of these, 12 are elementary programs, 4 are middle school programs, and 5 are high school programs. In these programs, a total of 9,574 students were served during the 1990-91 school year:…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Dworkowitz, Barbara – 1993
This report presents the evaluation results of the Queens Tri-School Confederation magnet programs in New York City: programs designed to reduce minority-group isolation among high school students in three high schools and simultaneously improve the quality of their education through the sharing of resources and expertise. These programs, which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Attendance, Educational Cooperation
Wilkinson, David – 1990
Selected program evaluations through the GENeric Evaluation SYStem (GENESYS) of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District are reviewed. GENESYS, implemented in 1988-89, consists basically of a database methodology assessing the school system's longitudinal databases and a set of computer programs using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Software, Data Collection
Leitner, David – 1990
The first year of the Japanese Language Magnet Program, an elementary school immersion program providing a total language experience in a multicultural setting, is evaluated. The evaluation study assessed the program in terms of program planning, student population, and parent involvement. Data were gathered through interviews, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Immersion Programs, Japanese
Sawyer, David E. – 1986
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Fairfax County, Virginia) offers a comprehensive college preparatory program emphasizing the sciences, mathematics, and technology. The school serves students selected on the basis of aptitude and interest in the biological, physical, mathematical, and computer sciences, and who intend…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Enrollment, High Schools, Magnet Schools
Voluntary Interdistrict Coordinating Council, St. Louis, MO. – 1989
Legal action opposing school segregation in St. Louis (Missouri) in the 1970s resulted in a plan to facilitate student transfer and transportation. The Parent Mentor Program was established to help parents acquire skills to work effectively with their children's schools. Through the program, parents are put in touch with other parents who are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Family, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Wells, Amy Stuart – 1990
Existing choice plans, which allow parents and students to choose among a variety of schools, vary dramatically in size, shape, and purpose. Different types of choice programs have different impacts, especially on low-income and minority group students; and it is not yet clear how school choice programs should be structured to assure that those…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Rossell, Christine H.; Clarke, Ruth C. – 1988
This study compares the long-term desegregation effectiveness of voluntary plans with magnet schools to mandatory reassignment plans with magnet schools. The introduction includes an extensive discussion of the problems of choosing dependent variables for use in desegregation studies. The potential study population was chosen based on the…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
Dyson, Anne Haas – 1989
A case study traces the evolution of "once-upon-a-time" in a child's classroom story writing, drawing upon data collected in a three-year study of writing development in an urban magnet school. The subject, Mitzi, is observed from kindergarten through second grade. The study assumes that stories are cultural discourse forms that serve…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Creative Development, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
Murray, Joseph T. – 1988
In 1976, U.S. District Court Judge John T. Curtin issued a court order stating that the Buffalo Board of Education, the superintendent of schools, the commissioner of education, and the New York State Board of Regents were guilty of de jure segregation. This decision led to a complete restructuring of the instructional program and a racial and…
Descriptors: Busing, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Dasho, Stefan J. – 1982
Five ethnographic researchers worked with five elementary school teachers to develop individualized research topics related to teaching in multiethnic classrooms. The teachers were familiar with the ethnographers, having participated in previous naturalistic studies in their newly desegregated schools. Subjects included two teachers from a…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
