This bibliography consists of nearly 500 references to works on urban school policy, administration, and curriculum. The works cited, most of which were developed by school districts in large cities, were compiled from a computer search of "Resources in Education" from 1975 to 1981. Citations are organized by ERIC document (ED) number. Each…

Presented in this report are brief descriptions of preservice teacher education programs offered by American institutions of higher education and inservice teacher education programs and structures in U.S. urban school districts, designed for the education, preparation, and continuing training of professionals for urban schools. The programs were…

This bibliography, the fifth in the Urban Schools Bibliography series, provides urban school personnel, researchers, and policymakers with information on important issues, programs, and practices in urban education. Topics covered in the bibliography include equal education, school policy, school administration, curriculum, testing and evaluation,…

The concept of "opportunity to learn" (OTL) strategies was first introduced several decades ago and was defined by a narrow set of instructional components. Since then, many additional criteria have been incorporated into the OTL concept, some specifically to ensure an equal education for disadvantaged and minority students. The original…