Increasing the Number of Teachers of Color for Urban Schools: Lessons from the Pathways National Evaluation.

Clewell, Beatriz Chu; Villegas, Ana Maria

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ERIC Number: EJ578768

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Publication Date: 1998

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Increasing the Number of Teachers of Color for Urban Schools: Lessons from the Pathways National Evaluation.

Clewell, Beatriz Chu; Villegas, Ana Maria

Education and Urban Society, v31 n1 p42-61 Nov 1998

Reviews the teacher shortage in urban schools nationally and describes the paraprofessional/emergency certified teachers provisions of the Pathways to Teaching Careers Program and the sites in which it has been implemented. An evaluation has indicated that paraprofessionals and emergency certified teachers working in urban schools are an excellent source of minority teachers for urban schools. (SLD)

Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Teachers, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Evaluation, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Shortage, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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