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Effective Science Instruction: Impact on High-Stakes Assessment Performance

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This longitudinal prospective cohort study was conducted to determine the impact of effective science instruction on performance on high-stakes high school graduation assessments in science. This study provides powerful findings to support authentic science teaching to enhance long-term retention of learning and performance on state-mandated assessments. Students experienced some combination of zero to three effective

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“I Feel I’m Important”: Successful Collaborative Teaching and Learning in a New Zealand Intermediate School

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The investigation examined a collaborative teaching and learning house structure at a New Zealand intermediate (or middle) school. Using observations, questionnaires, and interviews, we explored the perceptions of staff, children, and parents about the educational value of such a model and whether it meets the principles of good education for the young adolescent age group.

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Successful Strategies for Teaching Reading to Middle Grades English Language Learners

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Teachers can employ a variety of classroom-tested strategies to teach reading to English language learners.

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Deeper Learning Through Book Clubs

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At Park Ridge High School one of the texts in our eighth grade language arts curriculum that fulfills a Common Core State Standard is Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. This novel, which students read toward the end of the year, serves as a foundation to demonstrate that our students “read and comprehend literature, including

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Treat a Student … Score One for Goethe

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“Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be.” When he wrote those words, could Goethe have foreseen a modern-day teacher’s reality: student defiance, lack of academic effort, scattered attention, inappropriate language,

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