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Briggs, Judith – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2012
Within a two-year mixed method action research study, two cohorts of White senior preservice Art Educators reflected on anti-racist and anti-classist course materials and attended field experiences within urban schools. A majority of both cohorts identified systemic racism within social systems and language after engaging in course materials.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Field Experience Programs, Art Education, Mentors
Duckenfield, Marty, Ed. – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N), 2008
The "National Dropout Prevention Newsletter" is published quarterly by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Education in the Urban Context (Ed Lambert); (2) An Interview with Paul Reville, Massachusetts Secretary of Education; (3) Communities In Schools of Chicago (Jane…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Book Reviews, Dropout Prevention, Newsletters
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Wilkinson, Gayle A. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
The revolving door appropriately describes the attrition among beginning teachers. Especially high attrition plagues our urban schools where highly qualified teachers are most crucial. Even though research over 3 decades has provided the basis for intricate induction programs, not all new teachers experience them. Effective mentoring has provided…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Persistence, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers