A Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Integrated Literacy and Basic Education Programs on Women's Participation in Social and Economic Development in Nepal.

Authors: Burchfield, Shirley, Hua, Haiyan, Baral, Dyuti, Rocha, Valeria, World Education, Inc., New York, NY., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education., Education Development Center, Inc., Cambridge, MA.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 178

Sponsoring Agency: Agency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Office of Women in Development.

Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Research, Females, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Longitudinal Studies, Participation, Social Development, Socioeconomic Status, Surveys

Geographic Terms: Nepal

Teaching as a Profession. Harvard Education Letter Focus Series.

Authors: Gordon, David T., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 33

Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Jealousy, Medical Education, Problem Solving, Student Evaluation, Substitute Teachers, Teacher Certification, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Persistence, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Skills

Harvard Education Letter, 2002.

Authors: Gordon, David T., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. n1-6 18(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 50

Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Information Technology, Public Schools, Refugees, Second Language Instruction, Standardized Tests, Teacher Certification, Teacher Improvement, Trust (Psychology), Urban Schools

Geographic Terms: Japan

Assessing Student Work.

Authors: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education., Rural School and Community Trust, Washington, DC.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 51

Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment, Place Based Education, Portfolio Assessment, Relevance (Education), School Community Relationship, Scoring Rubrics, Service Learning, Student Evaluation, Student Projects

Harvard Education Letter, 2001.

Authors: Gordon, David, T., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. 2001 17(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 50

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Behavior Problems, Bullying, Change Strategies, Charter Schools, Civics, Civil Rights, Conflict Resolution, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Seniors, High Stakes Tests, Home Schooling, Newsletters, Partnerships in Education, Preschool Education, Racial Differences, School Business Relationship, School Districts, School Safety, Second Language Programs, Secondary School Curriculum, Service Learning, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Orientation, Violence

Test Scores and the Rural School and Community Trust.

Authors: Rural School and Community Trust, Washington, DC., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 34

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools, Scores, Small Schools, Standardized Tests, Tables (Data)

Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Stanford Achievement Tests

Networks and Clusters in the Rural Challenge: A Special Report to the Rural School and Community Trust.

Authors: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education., Rural School and Community Trust, Washington, DC.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 93

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interschool Communication, Networks, Organization, Place Based Education, Rural Schools, School Community Relationship

Learning in Place: A Special Report to the Rural School and Community Trust.

Authors: Rural School and Community Trust, Washington, DC., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 75

Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Local History, Place Based Education, Relevance (Education), Rural Education, Rural Schools, School Community Relationship, Student Projects

Harvard Education Letter, 2000.

Authors: Gordon, David T., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. 2000 16(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 50

Descriptors: Cheating, Child Health, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Inflation, Grades (Scholastic), Newsletters, Physical Education, Principals, Research Papers (Students), School Policy, Standardized Tests, Standards, State Standards, Student Evaluation, Violence, World Wide Web

Geographic Terms: U.S.; Massachusetts

Journal Code: RIEFEB2002

Harvard Education Letter, 1999.

Authors: Graves-Desai, Kelly, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. Jan-Dec 1999 15(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 50

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Education, Brain, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Discipline, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Inclusive Schools, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Multiple Intelligences, Newsletters, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Sex Education, Social Promotion, Student Attitudes, Substitute Teachers, Team Teaching, Violence

Toward Place and Community.

Authors: Perrone, Vito, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 104

Sponsoring Agency: Annenberg Rural Challenge, Granby, CO.

Descriptors: Community Control, Community Development, Democracy, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Place Based Education, Rural Education, Rural Environment, School Community Relationship

The Harvard Education Letter, 1998.

Authors: Graves-Desai, Kelly, Eaton, Susan, Walser, Nancy, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. Jan-Dec 1998 14(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 49

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Bilingual Education, Change Agents, Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Intelligence, Hispanic Americans, Integrated Services, Mixed Age Grouping, Newsletters, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Professional Development, Reading Difficulties, Scheduling, School Safety, School Security, School Size, Science Education, Student Employment, Student Evaluation, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Supply and Demand

Learning from Rural Communities: Alaska to Alabama. Annenberg Rural Challenge Research & Evaluation Team Annual Report 1997.

Authors: Annenberg Rural Challenge, Granby, CO., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 87

Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Place Based Education, Public Education, Rural Education, Rural Schools, School Activities, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship

The Harvard Education Letter, 1997.

Authors: Graves-Desai, Kelly, Maloney, Karen, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. Jan-Dec 1997 13(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 62

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Class Size, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Family Environment, Family School Relationship, Homework, Newsletters, Parent Participation, Professional Development, Reading Achievement, Standards, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Researchers, Track System (Education), Vocational Education

The Harvard Education Letter, 1996.

Authors: Miller, Edward, Graves-Desai, Kelly, Maloney, Karen, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. Jan-Dec 1996 12(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 50

Descriptors: Accountability, American Indian Culture, At Risk Persons, Block Scheduling, Dropout Rate, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, History Instruction, Incentives, Invented Spelling, Lecture Method, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools, Multicultural Education, Newsletters, Phonics, Plagiarism, Reading Instruction, School Uniforms, Science Education, Standards, Stereotypes, Story Telling, Student Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship, Whole Language Approach, Youth Problems

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Goals 2000

Methodological Issues in the Study of Teachers' Careers: Critical Features of a Truly Longitudinal Study. Working Paper Series.

Authors: Singer, Judith D., Willett, John B., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 99

Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC.

Descriptors: Careers, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Research Design, Research Methodology, Sampling, Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)

The Harvard Education Letter, 1995.

Authors: Miller, Edward, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Source: Harvard Education Letter. Jan-Dec 1995 11(1-6).

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 49

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making, Drug Use Testing, Educational Finance, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Learning Theories, Legal Problems, Mathematics Education, Models, Newsletters, Partnerships in Education, Professional Development, School Based Management, School Choice, Sex Differences, Sexual Abuse, Staff Development, Teacher Attitudes, Textbooks

Slipping towards Segregation: Local Control and Eroding Desegregation in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Authors: Eaton, Susan E., Crutcher, Elizabeth, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Kennedy School of Government., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 92

Sponsoring Agency: Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY.

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Magnet Schools, Minority Groups, Public Schools, Racial Composition, Racial Integration, School Choice, School Desegregation, School Districts, School Resegregation

Still Separate, Still Unequal. The Limits of Milliken II's Educational Compensation Remedies.

Authors: Feldman, Joseph, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 69

Sponsoring Agency: Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY.

Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Racial Composition, School Desegregation, School Districts, School Resegregation, Urban Areas, Urban Schools

Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Milliken v Bradley

Relationships between Parental Literacy Skills and Functional Uses of Print and Children's Ability To Learn Literacy Skills.

Authors: Purcell-Gates, Victoria, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 133

Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC.

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Children, Early Reading, Family Literacy, Functional Literacy, Literacy Education, Observation, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Parenting Skills, Parents as Teachers, Prereading Experience, Reading Readiness, Reading Research

Geographic Terms: U.S.; Massachusetts

Journal Code: RIEDEC1994