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Feiman-Nemser, Sharon, Ed.; Tamir, Eran, Ed.; Hammerness, Karen, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2014
How can we best prepare pre-service teachers to succeed in the classroom--and to stay in teaching over time? The one-size-fits-all model of traditional teacher education programs has been widely criticized, yet the most popular alternative--fast-track programs--have at best a mixed record of success. An increasing number of districts and charter…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Public Schools, Urban Schools
Ames, Nancy L.; Miller, Edward – 1994
This book tells the stories of four urban middle schools that have undergone deep transformation while participating in the Middle Grades Improvement Program (MGIP), an initiative that has nurtured fundamental change in school climate, structure and classroom practice in 16 urban districts and 65 schools in Indiana. The support of the Lilly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Community Support, Disadvantaged Youth
Miron, Louis F., Ed.; St. John, Edward P., Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers analyzes various urban school reform strategies. There are 13 chapters in five parts. After "Introduction: Rethinking Urban School Reform" (Louis F. Miron and Edward P. St. John), Part 1, "The Courts and Urban Schools," contains (1) "School Desegregation is Over in the Inner Cities: What Do We Do…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Role, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change