Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.
The ERIC mission is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information that also meets the requirements of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
Articles by Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments
While writing poses significant challenges for many students with disabilities, good teaching can help them overcome...
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Positive Character Development in School Sport Programs
Sportsmanship and the development of positive character have long been explicit goals of school sports. A strong belief...
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Teaching Artistically Able Students with Exceptionalities
Creating differentiated art curricula to accommodate artistically talented students' individual needs may enhance...
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Supporting Students with Asthma
Five million children in the U.S. are living with asthma and the number is steadily increasing. Most live in cities, are...
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Recess in Elementary School
Pellegrini and Smith (1993) define recess as "a break period, typically outdoors, for children" (p. 51). Compared to the...
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Charter Schools
In seven short years, the U.S. charter-school movement has produced about 800 schools in 29 states and the District of...
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Commercialism in Schools
Businesses are increasingly making inroads into the classroom, particularly in underfunded schools. In exchange for...
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Extended School Year (ESY)
The term EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR encompasses a range of options in providing programs in excess of the traditional 180-day...
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K-12 Single-Sex Education: What Does the Research Say?
Interest in single-sex education has been reinvigorated by the educational reform movement and by skepticism about...
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The School-Within-a-School Model
In an age of reform and restructuring, educators are seeking new models to improve their schools. One approach is to...
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