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Herbel-Eisenmann, Beth; Bartell, Tonya Gau; Breyfogle, M. Lynn; Bieda, Kristen; Crespo, Sandra; Dominguez, Higinio; Drake, Corey – Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 2013
In this essay, the authors provide a rationale for the need to break the silence of privilege and oppression in mathematics education. They begin by providing a brief rationale from their personal and professional perspectives, which includes background about planning and executing the Privilege and Oppression in the Mathematics Preparation of…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Mathematics Education, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs
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Ni, Yongmei – Educational Policy, 2012
This article investigates how Michigan's charter school policy influences the composition of students by race and socioeconomic status in urban traditional public schools. Using 2 years of student-level data in Michigan' urban elementary and middle schools, the dynamic student transfers between charter schools and TPSs are analyzed through a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Disadvantaged Schools
Raymond, Allen; Broderick, Patricia – Teaching Pre K-8, 2007
This article features the "Barber School of the Gifted and Talented" in Highland Park, Michigan. The school is located in a tiny 2.96 square-mile, economically challenged city--very challenged--completely surrounded by Detroit's 143 square miles and its almost one million people. It is one of five schools in Highland Park--one preK-5 and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academically Gifted, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Reynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life" presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention
BROWNELL, SAMUEL M.; AND OTHERS – 1960
THREE PILOT SCHOOLS, TWO ELEMENTARY AND ONE JUNIOR HIGH, ARE DEVELOPING A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF CHILDREN COMING FROM HOMES OF LIMITED BACKGROUND. IN MOST CASES THE FAMILIES ARE RECENT IN-MIGRANTS, WHITE AND NEGRO, OR FAMILIES WHO HAVE FAILED IN ATTEMPTS AT ASSIMILATION INTO A DYNAMIC, INDUSTRIAL, URBAN CULTURE. WITH A MINIMUM OF…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acculturation, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Detroit Board of Education, MI. – 1971
The purpose of the Neighborhood Education Center (NEC) Project, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is to significantly raise academic achievement in the areas of language arts and computational skills. The NEC encompasses four elementary schools in Region 8 of the Detroit Public Schools system. This region…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Centers, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
BERNARD, EDWARD G.; AND OTHERS – 1965
DESCRIBED IS THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY, MILWAUKEE, SAN DIEGO, DETROIT, AND CHICAGO. THE PROGRAMS OFFER INSTRUCTION IN SUCH AREAS AS LANGUAGE SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT, READING, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, DRIVER EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND JOB TRAINING. SOME OF THESE CITIES HAVE DEVELOPED AUDIOVISUAL…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment
Arkley, Alfred S. – 1974
The political behavior and orientations of 1027 fifth-grade students in 18 inner-city, racially segregated, low socioeconomic status elementary schools were examined in two Michigan cities in 1970. The political effects of racial composition were different for each race. As elementary schools became increasingly black, average student political…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Inner City