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Direct linkQuinn, Rand; Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
Teacher professional agency refers to the ability of teachers to control their work within structural constraints. In this paper, we show how teacher activist organizations can assist in the development of professional agency. We focus on a teacher activist organization in a large urban district in the United States and identify three…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Activism, Teacher Associations, Urban Schools
Download full textWhite, Terrenda – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
This article examines the paradox of Teach For America's diversity gains and its support for policies that contribute to Black teacher decline in urban communities. TFA has countered claims that its expansion is connected to teacher displacement, but its two-pronged structure--as an alternative certification program and an influential policy actor…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, African American Teachers, Policy Analysis
Connor, Hannah – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2011
The need to improve math education around the country has been well documented, especially in urban school systems like Philadelphia. In Spring 2010, only 56.6% of students in Philadelphia Public schools scored proficient or advanced on the Pennsylvania State Standardized Assessment (PSSA). In Philadelphia Empowerment Schools, the 107 lowest…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Remedial Mathematics, Curriculum Implementation, Empowerment
Kemp, Cassandra Richardson – Principal Leadership, 2005
Like most states, Pennsylvania has a state accountability system that is aligned with the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and requires that students reach adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) in reading and mathematics at the end of grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Programs, Public Schools, Graduation Requirements
