One of the aims of the Documentation and Technical Assistance (DTA) Project is to apply educational information that has been utilized for problem solving in one organization to other settings with their own unique characteristics. Within the staff of the DTA project, the position of Technical Assistance-Documentation Linker (TA-Doc Linker) was…

Described are the development, administrative problems, and improvements in a special half day program for gifted students from 19 schools in Chicago. Noted is the use of consultants as teaching staff, problems such as lack of funds for transporting pupils and funding cutbacks, and changes in student selection procedures. (DB)

Results achieved through the use of this program indicate that underprivileged black children from slum areas can be taught to read and communicate as well as whites can achieve equally high test scores, and they can achieve these in a segregated school system. (Author/AM)

Teachers for Chicago is a graduate-level teacher preparation program based on apprenticeship. Prospective teachers learn through onsite experience supported by training and interaction with mentors and other experts. (SK)

Discusses the results of a survey of Chicago teachers. (IRT)

This paper exploits a natural experiment created by public housing closings in Chicago to examine the impact of residential relocation on educational outcomes. During the 1990s, the Chicago Housing Authority closed over 7,400 units of public housing as part of redevelopment and consolidation efforts. Households affected by the closures were…

Weldon, Menacker, and Hurwitz studied teacher-student relationships and student behavior in four Chicago inner-city elementary schools. Findings indicated that, although students and teachers reported mutual respect, each school had severe discipline problems. The authors present several possible explanations. Commentary on the study by Guinagh…

The urban school principal is education's most visible line administrator. The job is demanding, requiring highly developed administrative skills and is a position about which little has been written. Faculty from the University of Illinois at Chicago began this study of a sample of Chicago public school principals in early 1977, using…

Low reading achievement in the Chicago public schools spurred the development of a mastery approach reading package. This approach assumes that in time any student can achieve the level of the brightest student. Implementation of a mastery program in urban areas presents special problems, including diversity of student backgrounds, time and space…

A Chicago inner-city high school that attempted "top-down" innovations without true teacher participation finds that little has changed, according to a teacher who has been case historian. (Author)

A study examined the effect of extended use of computers on reading achievement. The study population consisted of 75 seventh-grade students at the J. N. Thorp Elementary School located in a predominantly low income socio-economic neighborhood of South Chicago. Of this total, 15 students were subjected to an intensive computer assisted instruction…

An overview of Alex Kotlowitz' book "There Are No Children Here" substantiates his claim that the United States is moving toward two separate and unequal societies--one black and one white. His book recounts the story of two boys (and their mother) who live in the Henry Horner Housing Project in Chicago. The mother believes in the power…