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Download full textMahoney, Timothy – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2012
This paper describes the experiences of preservice teachers developing deeper understanding of themselves and diverse students through participation in the Philadelphia Urban Seminar. The Seminar focuses on the reconstruction of more complete understanding of urban students and urban communities by combining field experience in Philadelphia with…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Seminars, Urban Schools, Preservice Teachers
Direct linkHobbs, Renee – Learning, Media and Technology, 2013
The city provides a rich array of learning opportunities for young children. However, in many urban schools, often it can be logistically difficult to get young children out of the building. But when elementary children are encouraged to view the city as a classroom and use digital media to explore and represent their neighborhoods, they can be…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Technology Uses in Education, Multimedia Instruction, Media Literacy
Gonzalez, Angel; Kumar, Sudipti; Waymack, Nancy – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2014
The Pittsburgh Public Schools study is the 12th district study since the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) began studying districts in-depth in 2009. The intent of these studies is to give select communities a comprehensive look at what is happening in their local school districts that may be either helping or hurting teacher quality, and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality
Mittenfelner Carl, Nicole – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2014
As the face of education in Philadelphia's public schools changes in response to budget constraints and politics, current "Teach For America" (TFA) corps members' roles have also changed. These changes have resulted in the majority of second-year TFA corps members being relocated from school district to charter-managed schools, many of…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups
Costelloe, Sarah C. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2006
In recent decades, federal, state, and local policies have demonstrated renewed efforts to address the concerns of both teacher quality and quantity, resulting in initiatives to attract, reward, and retain qualified people in the teacher profession. Initiatives to address the problems of teacher quality and quantity often take the form of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Beginning Teachers, Cohort Analysis
Education Resource Strategies, 2008
In the fall of 2007, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was invited by Philadelphia's School Reform Commission to conduct a Strategic Professional Development Review for the School District of Philadelphia (SDP). ERS is a nonprofit organization that is nationally recognized for its extensive work in partnering with urban school districts to make…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Program Evaluation, Strategic Planning, School Districts
