Adolescents, Improvement, Middle, Motivation, School
Effectively addressing the unique developmental and academic needs of adolescents is a challenge that educators have been grappling with since the mid-1960's when school systems began to convert junior high schools into middle schools. While...
Drawing of toys posed for a photograph. Signed note: "For the children of The Greenville Elementary School / from Ching, The Bears, Richard, Princess, Rosalie / Freddie, Miss Pattie, Janey, Tony, Georgie / and his friends, and from Robert Bright /...
Charter schools performance, Competitive effect, Pennsylvania System of School Assessment results, School effectiveness, Traditional public school performance
This study is relevant to parents, private organizations, and the educational
system interested in discovering whether charter school students perform better
academically than traditional public elementary school students. The Pennsylvania
System...
direct instruction, middle school, note-taking skills, performing arts, SMALSI
The purpose of this quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group research study was to provide evidence of the effectiveness of direct instruction of note-taking skills for 84 eighth grade math students enrolled at a performing arts middle...
English as a Second Language, Sheltered Instruction
This study focused on the evaluation of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program provided to the English Language Learners (ELLs) in elementary and middle schools in one local school district. The study evaluated two factors: model of service...
Correspondence; Communication Artifact; Documentary Artifact
Illustrated letter addressed to "Dearest Boys and Girls of the first grade." Politi thanks the children for their birthday cards. Includes a sketch of Pedro singing a Christmas carol. Signed Leo Politi.
High Stakes Testing, Inclusion, No Child Left Behind, Teacher Perception
Recently, federal legislation has been implemented requiring that public school students meet a specified performance level of academic proficiency by the 2013/2014 school year. This reform movement, known as "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB), was...
adolescent health, girls on the run, health promotion, physical activity, running, youth development program
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact the Girls on the Run (GOTR) program had on the New Castle County, Delaware, third, fourth, and fifth grade girls who participated in the spring 2011 season. Specifically, this study examined...
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held At Dover, On Tuesday, the Fourth Day of January, In the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three. Volume XI.
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, on Tuesday, the First Day of January, A. D. 1861. Volume XII.
Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, Thursday, December 29th, A. D. 1904. Volume XXIII
Laws of the State of Delaware. Passed at a Special Session of the Ninety-Sixth General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover on Monday, March 11th, A. D. 1918. The Ninety-Seventh Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover on...
Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at the Special Session of the Ninety-Seventh General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover on Monday, March 22, A. D. 1920, Volume XXXI.
Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at the Ninety-Eighth Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover on Tuesday, January 4th, A. D. 1921. Volume XXXII. 1921.
Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at the Ninety-Ninth Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover on Tuesday, January 2nd, A. D. 1923. Volume XXXIII.
Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at the One Hundredth Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover on Tuesday, January 6th, A. D. 1925. Volume XXXIV
Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at the One Hundredth and First Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover on Tuesday, January 4th, A. D. 1927. Volume XXXV.
