School interventions.A research report issued by Teachers College at Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. examines five successful student interventions, two of which take place in preschool with one in elementary school elementary school: see school. , one in high school and one throughout the K-12 years. In general, the study's authors identify several features that characterize effective school interventions: small-size schools; personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. ; high academic expectations; strong counseling; parental engagement; extended time; and competent and appropriate personnel. They note that one of the interventions, First Things First Things is a monthly ecumenical journal concerned with the creation of a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society" (First Things website). First, has the largest economic benefits relative to costs. Full text of the study is available at www.cbcse.org, the website of Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Teachers College. |
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