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Direct linkWright, Shalene R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study uncovered some experiences and perspectives of four students of color during their educational journey through K-12 public schools as students identified with high incidence disabilities in school systems that exhibited ethnic disproportionality in special education. The participants reflected on their experiences to provide detailed…
Descriptors: Oral History, Urban Youth, Disproportionate Representation, Special Education
Diamantis, Olga – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The "I Have a Dream" (IHAD) program is a philanthropic, community-based intervention committed to supporting pupils in impoverished and under-resourced school systems. The IHAD program presents disadvantaged youth with an equal opportunity to pursue higher education by providing scholastic and social-emotional supports to promote college…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Urban Youth, Youth Programs
Daniels, Emily – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore urban teachers' praxis with historically marginalized youth. Specifically I examined of the role of hope and armed love, as well as critical pedagogy as conceptualized and implemented in urban classrooms. The basis for this is the continued educational inequities for urban youth, and an exploration of the…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Teaching Methods, Urban Teaching, Critical Theory
Burroughs, Greer C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many American citizens have remained outside of the political process and therefore have not been able to effectively advocate for the full rights, privileges and responsibilities that American citizenship makes possible. For youth from historically marginalized populations who are growing up in lower-income urban areas, the issue becomes…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Urban Areas, Grade 8
Diaz Pineiro, Odalys Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Practice and inquiry into school-community connections have been guided by problematic assumptions about the role of neighborhood schools, community based institutions, and local economic development policies in the evolution of urban communities. Formal relationships between schools and urban neighborhoods grounded in these assumptions have been…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Urban Youth, School Community Relationship, Community Development
Alvarez, Cristina Candelaria – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study examines how urban school principals lead schools that make a difference for children in challenging settings. This research delves deeply into the experiences of three urban public school principals in the School District of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, who used technology as an avenue to improve educational options for their students.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Human Capital, Neighborhood Schools, Action Research
