Schools that Like a Challenge

Autor/inn/en	Hamilton, Joan; Johnston, Sheryl; Marshall, Jane; Shields, Carolyn
Titel	Schools that Like a Challenge
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 63 (2006) 8, S.72-73 (2 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Elementary Schools; School Schedules; High Schools; Teaching Models; Foreign Countries; Elementary Education; Educational Change; Year Round Schools; Mixed Age Grouping; Time Factors (Learning); Time on Task; Remedial Programs; Enrichment Activities; Participative Decision Making; Small Schools; Canada (Toronto); Kentucky; Maine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Schulzeiteinteilung; High school; Oberschule; Lehrmodell; Ausland; Elementarunterricht; Bildungsreform; Year round school; Year-round school; Year-round schools; Ganzjahresschule; Jahrgangsübergreifende Gruppe; Zeitaufwand; Förderprogramm; Bereicherungsprogramm; School; Schools; Schule
Abstract	Four dissimilar schools each respond to a learning challenge by questioning set-in-stone thinking and taking risks. A K-8 school in Toronto bypasses the traditional--and problematic--long summer vacation to follow a balanced calendar model. Students attend school year-round with two-week breaks scattered throughout the year; both remedial and enrichment classes are offered during the breaks. A Maine high school opens its process for change to parents, students, and faculty--and winds up with a new structure that gives all stakeholders more voice in school decisions. Faculty from South Heights Elementary School tell how the school went from being the lowest to one of the highest performing in their Kentucky school district by adopting a multi-age instructional model. And when a large, outwardly successful high school discovers a significant minority of its youth still falling through the cracks, it adopts many techniques of "small schools" without losing its overall identity. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10