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Download full textKrakowsky, Lorenzo – Bank Street College of Education, 2010
This paper tells the remarkable and compelling story of Leonard Covello, a ground breaking progressive educator who worked tirelessly to shape public education in New York City during the first half of the 20th century. Covello was the founding principal of Benjamin Franklin High School (BFHS) in East Harlem in the 1930s. The author invites…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Biographies, Principals, Urban Schools
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Direct linkFernekes, William R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2004
A suburban New Jersey high school's inclusion of Paul Robeson as a case study in peacebuilding citizenship education is profiled. Instructional approaches as well as student responses are described, highlighting the ways in which Robeson's life history intersected with core curriculum themes in U.S. and world history. Evidence from student work…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Citizenship Education, Biographies, World History
Singer, Jessica; Shagoury, Ruth – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
Teaching a diverse population of adolescents to be writers, readers, and active citizens requires fundamental changes in curriculum development, teaching strategies, and student roles in the classroom. In this article, two educators report on their collaboration in an urban high school in Portland, Oregon, USA, to create a classroom where students…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Change, Curriculum Development, Biographies
