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FNO Press

From Now On: Filling the Tool Box

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dr. Jamie McKenzie offers this comprehensive look at how to help students develop questioning skills. Practical suggestions for how to implement the ideas are also included.
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Best Evidence Encyclopedia: Elementary Comprehensive School Reform

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discover an impressive list of programs that have been evaluated on the effectiveness of elementary students' overall achievement. Some of these programs include ways to increase family and community involvement as well as more...
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Best Evidence Encyclopedia: Education Service Providers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can schools better meet achievement needs for its students? Opportunities of having an ESP (Education Service Provider) might be what the school needs to run more efficiently in every aspect: professional development, fiscal...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Strategies to Improve High Schools

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research suggests six reform strategies that may help high schools better prepare students for college-level work and the workforce: planning at the state and district levels; rigorous curricula; real-world relevant curricula; improving...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Rethinking High School: Five Profiles of Models for Student Success

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Only 68% of all students entering high school nationwide will earn their diploma. The news for students from historically underserved populations is even worse. These students have slightly more than a 50% chance of graduating from high...
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Ed Web: Trends in Education Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter (of a hyperbook entitled Exploring Technology and School Reform) that looks at the history of educational reform. The paper also examines the changes in education that have been produced. There are links to discussions of when...
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Education.com

Education.com: Current Issues in Education

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides articles on issues and debates in education today. The articles are organized into categories, including national standards, school policy, technology trends, school reform, child...
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Arizona State University

Epaa: Critical Evaluation for Education Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
Gisele Waters of Auburn University here discusses her view of how academic evaluation has only in the last four decades developed as a government function and academic discipline. She also examines the role that Lyndon Johnson's Great...
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University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame: Summary of "A Nation at Risk"

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Notre Dame offers an overview of the report "A Nation at Risk" (The Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983), that stated that American education was not meeting its goals. Summarizes the findings of the report and...
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International Center for Leadership in Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE ) provides services to schools, school districts and states to help them improve their education systems. They believe in creating a shared vision, building leadership, obtaining...
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University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame: Summary of "Goals 2000"

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview from the University of Notre Dame of "Goals 2000 - The Clinton Administration Education Program." Discusses modern educational reform. Describes the "National Education Goals," which are part of the Goals 2000: Educate...
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Schlechty Center: Center for Leadership in School Reform

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is "to encourage and support the transformation of the existing system of rules, roles, and relationships that govern the way time, people,...