Education Research Report: Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children

Education Research Report: Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children

Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children

by Jonathan Kantrowitz

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Seven Social and Character Development programs had no impact

The Institute of Education Sciences announces the release of a report, Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children and the data from a study on the impacts of social and character development (SACD) programs on primary school students. Under the Social and Character Development Research Program seven research teams received funding through a peer reviewed competitive application process from the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Division of Violence Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to evaluate one SACD program of their choosing under an experimental design. Schools were randomly assigned to implement one of the seven SACD programs for three years (the treatment group) or continue with their traditional SACD

Education Secretary Duncan Will Announce Winner of 2010 Broad Prize, Address the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Tuesday | U.S. Department of Education

Education Secretary Duncan Will Announce Winner of 2010 Broad Prize, Address the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Tuesday | U.S. Department of Education

Education Secretary Duncan Will Announce Winner of 2010 Broad Prize, Address the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Tuesday U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will be in New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 19, for two events.

Press Conference Call with Secretary Duncan 5:30 p.m. EDT Monday on Hispanic Academic Achievement U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a press conference call with reporters at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT Monday to preview the executive order that President Obama will sign Tuesday, aimed at helping raise academic achievement for ...

Senior Department Officials to Participate in National Association of State Directors of Special Education Conference U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary Alexa Posny, Director of the Office of Special Education Programs Melody Musgrove and Director of Educational Technology Karen Cator will deliver remarks on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at a National Association ...

City banks on new leadership to transform a Brooklyn school | GothamSchools

City banks on new leadership to transform a Brooklyn school | GothamSchools

City banks on new leadership to transform a Brooklyn school

by Maura Walz

This school year, GothamSchools and WNYC reporters will follow three New York City high schools as they try to improve. The following is an introduction to one of those schools: William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School.

For years, Brooklyn’s William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School struggled to break free from its reputation as simply a trade school.

“The ‘vocational school’ stigma continues to be a deterrent to students who see themselves as college bound,” the school’s leadership team wrote in its educational plan for the 2008-09 school year. Staff laid out strategies to make the school more challenging — and posted some gains — but the school continued to limp academically.

President Obama to Host White House Science Fair | The White House

President Obama to Host White House Science Fair | The White House

President Obama to Host White House Science Fair Release Time: For Immediate Release President will Celebrate Winners of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Competitions and Announce New Steps to Inspire All Students to Excel WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Obama will host ...

Remarks by the President and First Lady at a Reception for Governor Ted Strickland Release Time: For Immediate Release Location: Carr Residence, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 5:01 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Wow, this is a good crowd. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Everybody, off your feet. We need you rested and ready to ...

President Obama to Host White House Science Fair Release Time: For Immediate Release President will Celebrate Winners of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Competitions and Announce New Steps to Inspire All Students to Excel WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Obama will host ...

Remarks by the President at a rally for Governor Deval Patrick Release Time: For Immediate Release Location: Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts 3:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Boston! (Applause.) Are you fired up? (Applause.) You ready to go? (Applause.) You know, let me ...

Monday Churn: Mix housing, fix schools? | EdNewsColorado

Monday Churn: Mix housing, fix schools? | EdNewsColorado

Monday Churn: Mix housing, fix schools?

by EdNews staff

What’s churning:

A report issued last week by the Century Foundation has people buzzing in national policy circles. The report,“Housing Policy is School Policy” examines the progress made by low-income students in Montgomery County, Md.’s largely affluent public schools. The foundation, long a champion of socio-economic school integration, presents Montgomery County as a model of school reform because of its strong inclusionary zoning law. That law sets aside 12 to 15 percent of units in large developments for low-income and working-class families.

Slowly/Slowly: A Gift of Time > Richard Lakin's Thanks2Teachers.com - A Wellspring of Teacher Appreciation and Teacher Inspiration > Inspirational

Slowly/Slowly: A Gift of Time > Richard Lakin's Thanks2Teachers.com - A Wellspring of Teacher Appreciation and Teacher Inspiration > Inspirational

Slowly/Slowly: A Gift of Time Slowly/Slowly: A Gift of Time I Walk Slowly. (And… I enjoy the beauty around me.) I Learned To Read Slowly. (And… 62 years later I still recall with gratitude my 4th grade teacher, Miss Tabor, who introduced me to biographies about composers in a school without a library. I devoured those books!) I Think and Process Slowly. (And… I mull over important questions and problems to solve.) I Proceed Slowly. (But… with determination, persistence, commonsense and seasoned judgment I take whatever TIME I need to get where I need to go. ) For the past three weeks I've been mulling over a post about educational reform to

UC system gets temporary boost from new state budget and federal stimulus dollars | CAIVN

UC system gets temporary boost from new state budget and federal stimulus dollars | CAIVN

UC SYSTEM GETS TEMPORARY BOOST FROM NEW STATE BUDGET AND FEDERAL STIMULUS DOLLARS

by Adrienne Verrilli

Mon, Oct 18th 2010

After facing years of state budget cuts, the University of California’s higher education system will see an increase in funding in the state’s 2010-2011 budget agreed to by the California legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger. The budget allocates $2.9 billion dollars and will fund nearly half of the University’s core programming, $371 million of which will be used to cover the funding cuts UC has taken during the past three years. Of the $371 million, $260 million will come from the state and $106 million from federal stimulus dollars. The budget also includes $353 million for capital projects including dollars to provide more classrooms and to invest in building upgrades to meet seismic safety needs.

The UC system made headlines earlier this year with its 32

Sounds of silence on Rhee by charter school movement leaders - Washington DC Charter Schools | Examiner.com

Sounds of silence on Rhee by charter school movement leaders - Washington DC Charter Schools | Examiner.com

Sounds of silence on Rhee by charter school movement leaders

• October 18th, 2010 5:35 am ET

Michelle Rhee's resignation last week creates an earthquake that is felt in every crevice of D.C.'s political establishment but not one word about it from PCSB Chairman Brian Jones. Tom Nida, who led our local charter schools through exponential growth, doesn't comment. Robert Cane of FOCUS fails to issue a statement. Peter Groff, new President and CEO of the National Alliance of Pubic Charter Schools, could have introduced himself to a wider

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Valerie Strauss

Monday, October 18, 2010

She came in like a whirlwind, kicking up dust wherever she went. Now, Michelle Rhee, the all-powerful chancellor of D.C. public schools, is leaving after three years, securing her place in the history of D.C. public education as, well, mostly a whirlwind.

Why?

Because the kind of business-driven, standardized-test-centric reforms that she championed, with the full support of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are guaranteed not to help improve troubled schools. They can't work because they don't address the most basic issues confronting students and teachers.

Rhee is a leader in a school reform movement that embraces public charter schools - even though they can't ever be a systemic answer - and standardized tests, even though

A Reformer Departs - WSJ.com

A Reformer Departs - WSJ.com

A Reformer Departs

A transcript of the weekend's program on FOX News Channel.

Paul Gigot: This week on "The Journal Editorial Report," a setback for school reform as the movement's most visible and controversial figure resigns. Washington, D.C.'s, school chancellor, Michelle Rhee, is here to tell us why she's leaving and what's next. Plus, with just over two weeks to go until Election Day, Wall Street Journal writers are hitting the campaign trail. We'll have their reports from the field. And Democrats step up their attack on corporate America, declaring war on the Chamber of Commerce and other groups that dare to oppose them. What liberals really mean when they call for more "campaign disclosure," next.

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Gigot: Welcome to "The Journal Editorial Report." I'm Paul Gigot.

Well, the school reform movement suffered a setback this week when its most visible and

Reform on the ropes? - chicagotribune.com

Reform on the ropes? - chicagotribune.com

Reform on the ropes?

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(D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle) Rhee survived three contentious years that made her a superstar of the education reform movement and one of the longest-serving school leaders in the city in two decades. Student test scores rose, and the teachers union accepted a contract that gave the chancellor sweeping powers to fire the lowest-performing among them."

–Washington Post, Oct. 13, 2010

Washington D.C. schools chief Michele Rhee resigned on Wednesday. Her boss, Mayor Adrian Fenty

Professor: GOP win would mean cuts to taxes, education - The Lantern - Campus

Professor: GOP win would mean cuts to taxes, education - The Lantern - Campus

Professor: GOP win would mean cuts to taxes, education

By Dylan Tussel

tussel.2@osu.edu

Published: Monday, October 18, 2010

Updated: Monday, October 18, 2010 07:10

Joe Podelco / Lantern Photo Editor

Mayor Michael Coleman speaks before President Barack Obama arrived at a rally on the Oval on Ohio State's Campus in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Oct.17, 2010. Approximately 35,000 people attended the rally, university police said.

Lee Fisher

Paul A. Beck

President Barack Obama and the first lady highlighted Sunday's rally on Ohio State's Oval, but other Democratic politicians preceded the couple in an attempt to motivate voters before an election that experts say could return state and federal legislative control to Republicans.

"Democrats could lose up to five seats here in Ohio," said Paul Beck, a political science professor at OSU. "If that happened, it of course would help the Republicans a lot."

Mayor Michael B. Coleman emphasized the need for as many