Training Tutorials

• Classroom Changes to Enhance and Re-engage Students in Learning
• Support for Transitions to Address Barriers to Learning

Tools For Practice

• Classroom-based Approaches to Enable and Re-engage Students in Classroom Learning: A Self-Study Survey
• Support for Transitions: A Self-Study Survey

Net Exchange

• School Climate

Books/Articles

• H.S. Adelman, & L. Taylor (2005). Classroom Climate in S.W. Lee, P.A. Lowe, & E. Robinson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of School Psychology, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
• L. Taylor & H.S. Adelman (1999). Personalizing Classroom Instruction to Account for Motivational and Developmental Differences. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 15(4), 255-276.
• School and Community Collaboration to Promote a Safe Learning Environment
• The Implementation Guide to Student Learning Supports in the Classroom and Schoolwide

School/Class Size

• "Are Small Schools and Private Schools Better for Adolescents' Emotional Adjustment?" (2003) American Sociological Association
• Breaking Up Large High Schools: Five Common (and Understandable) Errors of Execution
• Classroom Environment Scale
• Class Size Reduction: Lessons Learned from Experience
• Dollars and Sense: The Cost Effectiveness of Small Schools
• From Large to Small: Strategies for Personalizing the High School (2002)
• "School Size, Violence, Cost, and Achievement" (2003) A report to the NJ Commission on Business Efficiency of Public Schools

Learning Environment

• A Framework for Success for All Students
• All Together Now: Sharing Responsibility for the Child. (2006)
• Block Scheduling: The Key to Quality Learning Time
• Center for Social Organization of Schools
• Creating an Effective Physical Classroom Environment
• Creating a Personalized and Orderly Learning Environment in High School
• Flexible School Facilities
• Health and Academics
• Impact of Facilities on Learning (National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities)
• In Our Backyard: How 3 L.A. Neighborhoods Affect Kids' Lives (2002)
• The Learning Partnerships Specialist: Building the New and Needed Web of Learning Support
• Making Schools Places Where Everyone Succeeds: Belonging is Necessary for Learning
• Meeting Five Critical Challenges of High School Reform: Lessons from Research on Three Reform Models (2006) J. Quinn.
• National Center for School Engagement
• National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform
• National Dignity in Schools Campaign
• Landmarks for Schools
• Problem-Based Learning
• School As A Caring Community Profile—II (SCCP-II)
• Social and School Connectedness in Early Secondary School as Predictors of Late Teenage Substance Use, Mental Health, and Academic Outcomes (2007) L. Bond, et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(4) 357-66
• Some Simple and Yet Overlooked Common Sense Tips For A More Effective Classroom Environment
• Student Context, Student Attitudes and Behavior, and Academic Achievement
• Years of Promise: A Comprehensive Learning Strategy for America's Children

Classroom/School Climate

• "Altering the Structure and Culture of American Public Schools" (2003)
• Annenberg Institute for School Reform
• California Healthy Kids Survey
• Climate and Diversity of Educational Institutions
• Developing school connectedness in diverse youth through extracurricular programming
• Differentiating classroom climate concepts: academic, management, and emotional environments
• Examining School Climate: Defining Factors and Educational Influences
• Kettering Scale of School Climate
• Positive School Climate
• Research Brief School Climate
• Resources on Climate and Culture
• School Climate
• School Climate Research Summary
• School Climate Predictors of School Disorder: Results from a National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools (2005) G. Gottfredson et al, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
• School Size, School Climate, and Student Performance
• The School Climate Challenge Narrowing the Gap Between School Climate Research and School Climate Policy, Practice Guidelines and Teacher Education Policy
• The School Environment and Adolescent well-being: Beyond Academics
• What is School climate and why is it important?
• Where We Learn: The CUBE Survey of Urban School Climate

Video Clips

• The State of Equity in Public Schools
• Building Inclusive Schools


Related Agencies and Websites

• Center for School Safety, School Climate and Classroom Management
• Coalition for Community Schools
• The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
• National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
• National School Climate Center
• Urban Educational Facilities for the 21st Century (UEF 21)

Relevant Publications That Can Be Obtained Through Libraries

• "A School for Each Student: Personalization in a Climate of High Expectations (Paperback)" by Nelson Beaudoin (2008). Pub: Eye on Education.
• "Building Strong School Cultures: A Guide to Leading Change" by Sharon D. Kruse and Karen Seashore Louis (2008). Corwin Press.
• "Bullying Prevention: Creating a Positive School Climate And Developing Social Competence" by Pamela Orpinas and Arthur M. Horne (2005). American Psychological Association.
• "Safe & Caring Schools Grades 6-8: Hundreds of Ways to Improve Academic Success and School Climate" by Katia Petersen (2008). Free Spirit Publishing.
• "Violence Prevention for Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral Program for Creating a Positive School Climate: Leaders Manual (Paperback)" by Diane De Anda (2007). Research Press.

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