25 results   sorted by popularity   |   by date   |   by type

• Go To The Source: More about the Schools and Other Organizations Featured in this Issue Schools Anzar High School 2000 San Juan Highway San Juan Bautista, California 95045 phone: 831/623-7660 Boston Arts Academy 174 Ipswich Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 phone:... September 12, 2006
• Excerpt from First in the Family: Advice about College from First-Generation Students Supporting first-generation students not only to get into college but stay and finish interrupts negative generational patterns in powerful ways. The National Center for Education Statistics reports... July 10, 2008 by Kathleen Cushman
• Go to the Source: More about the Essential Schools Featured in this Issue Schools Anzar High School 2000 San Juan Highway San Juan Bautista, California 95045 phone: 831/623-7660 Boston Arts Academy 174 Ipswich Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 phone:... July 10, 2008
• Notes on this Issue Essential schools are committed to the belief that all students can create opportunities to pursue their dreams and that college matriculation and degree completion should be available for all. These... June 24, 2008 by Jill Davidson
• Opportunities to Stumble and Pick Themselves Up: Horace Interviews Nancy Faust Sizer on the Senior Year Currently a Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Nancy Sizer was the acting co-principal of the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in 1998-99 and served as... July 10, 2008 by Nancy Sizer
• Values Go to School: Exploring Ethics with Children Values Go to School: Exploring Ethics with Children, Jonathan Diamond Associates in association with the faculty of the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, VHS $24.95, DVD... July 10, 2008 by Jill Davidson
• Longitudinal Research Indicates CES Graduate Collegiate Success Graduates are among the most valuable sources of information for schools committed to developing educational programs that make an enduring difference in students’ lives. Schools often gather... July 10, 2008 by Jill Davidson
• Where to Go for More: On How Essential Schools Prepare Students for Higher Education Where to Go for More: on How Essential Schools Prepare Students for Higher Education Achieve Sponsor of the periodic National Education Summits, Achieve is a bipartisan national organization... July 10, 2008
• Opportunities to Stumble and Pick Themselves Up: Horace Interviews Nancy Faust Sizer on the Senior Year Currently a Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Nancy Sizer was the acting co-principal of the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in 1998-99 and served as... September 12, 2006
• Where to Go for More on How Essential Schools Prepare Students for Higher Achieve Sponsor of the periodic National Education Summits, Achieve is a bipartisan national organization that works at the state level to identify standards for successful education reform. With 22... September 12, 2006
• Values Go to School: Exploring Ethics with Children Values Go to School: Exploring Ethics with Children (Jonathan Diamond Associates in association with the faculty of the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, VHS $24.95, DVD $29.95)... September 12, 2006 by Jill Davidson
• How the CES Common Principles Help Essential Schools Create Transitions to Higher Education How do the CES Common Principles inform Essential schools as they prepare their students to make the transition from high school to higher education? Through the experience of leaders, teachers,... June 24, 2008
• Don’t Forget to Write: 54 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons for Students 6-18 Don’t Forget to Write: 54 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons for Students 6-18 (826 Valencia, 224 pages, $25.00) 826 Valencia provides drop-in tutoring centers, writing workshops, and... July 10, 2008 by Jill Davidson
• The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear, edited by Paul Rogat Loeb (Basic Books, 422 pages, $15.95) Sometimes I pick up a book that makes me wish I... July 10, 2008 by Jill Davidson
• Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning, edited by Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth A. City, and Richard J. Murnane (Harvard Educational... July 10, 2008 by Jill Davidson
• Sidebar: Transitioning from Small Schools to College: Putting Students in the Driver's Seat "In one of our early meetings someone said, 'It's not fair that colleges get to choose us - can't we choose them?' This started us thinking about the types of colleges WE would be interested in -... September 12, 2006 by Lori Chajet
• The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear edited by Paul Rogat Loeb (Basic Books, 422 pages, $15.95) reviewed by Jill Davidson Sometimes I pick up a... September 12, 2006
• Excerpt from First in the Family: Advice About College from First-Generation Students Supporting first-generation students not only to get into college but stay and finish interrupts negative generational patterns in powerful ways. The National Center for Education Statistics reports... September 12, 2006 by Kathleen Cushman
• Sidebar: Anzar High School's Habits of Mind Evidence: What do I know and how do I know it? What are all the choices? Show the evidence. Perspective: What are the biases-mine and others? What do I already know from my past... September 12, 2006 - Learning Structures
• Don't Forget to Write: 54 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons for Students 6-18 Don't Forget to Write: 54 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons for Students 6-18 (826 Valencia, 224 pages, $25.00) reviewed by Jill Davidson 826 Valencia provides drop-in tutoring centers,... September 12, 2006 by Jill Davidson
• Sidebar: Statement on College Readiness, Chief Academic Offices of the University of Maine System While the seven campuses of the University of Maine System have different criteria for admission and placement, they all share a common understanding of what comprises an optimal, college-ready high... September 12, 2006 - Learning Structures, Small Learning Communities
• How the CES Common Principles Help Essential Schools Create Transitions to Higher Education How do the CES Common Principles inform Essential schools as they prepare their students to make the transition from high school to higher education? Through the experience of leaders, teachers,... September 12, 2006 by Jill Davidson
• Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning, edited by Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth A. City, and Richard J. Murnane (Harvard Educational... September 12, 2006 by Jill Davidson
• Longitudinal Research Indicates
  CES Graduate Collegiate Success Graduates are among the most valuable sources of information for schools committed to developing educational programs that make an enduring difference in students' lives. Schools often gather... September 12, 2006 by Jill Davidson - Teacher Research
• Sidebar: Tracking Student Success from
  Experimental Schools: The Eight-Year Study
  from the 1930's Horace editor note: The following sidebar appeared in an issue of Horace entitled "Taking Stock: How Are Essential Schools Doing?" published in 1991 and available online at... September 12, 2006 - Cycle Of Inquiry, Teacher Research