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 | | Other factors include: Parents support the educational policies of the school, Teachers have high expectations for student achievement, Lessons focus on curriculum guides and benchmarks, Teachers provide enriching and challenging experiences for students, Risk-taking is encouraged, and Staff uses professional development opportunities, collaboration, and course work to identify better ways to work with students. |
 | | In 1999, each Columbus elementary school was given the option to select among four reading programs, giving the teaching staff the opportunity to choose an approach that best matched their own beliefs and philosophies. |
 | | Cranbrook teachers make use of the following instructional methods in their classrooms: identifying similarities and differences; summarizing and note-taking, reinforcing effort and providing recognition; homework and practice; non-linguistic representations; cooperative learning, small groups, guided learning, and flexible groupings; setting objectives and providing feedback; generating and testing hypotheses; and using cues, questions, and advanced organizers. |
| www.ed.gov /programs/nclbbrs/2003/applications/oh-cranbrook.doc (4391 words) |
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