This book brings literacy research and culturally relevant pedagogy together to offer a comprehensive vision of what socially just teaching can look like in the secondary English classroom. The author, an experienced professional developer and teacher, provides a powerful framework for analyzing classroom instruction with regard to ideals of…

Teens have issues! They talk about suicide and war. They experiment with drugs, drinking and smoking. Their lives may have been touched by abuse, gangs, or guns. Young people worry about these issues and many others as they work out their emerging identities and race toward their futures. This article discusses how the teachers in Voyager House…

Very often, some type of writing assignment is required in college entry-level Human Anatomy and Physiology courses. This assignment can be anything from an essay to a research paper on the literature, focusing on a faculty-approved topic of interest to the student. As educators who teach Human Anatomy and Physiology at an urban community college,…

Inspired by his ability to teach algebra to low-income and mostly African American and Latino urban students--and have them outscore the state averages for high-income and Caucasian students on standardized tests--Kadhir "Raja" Rajagopal, the 2011 California Teacher of the Year, provides you with a model for teaching that unleashes the…

This booklet is addressed to high school teachers, discussing what many researchers consider the most important year of high school, perhaps the most important year of school so far. Freshman year will set the stage for whether a student graduates and whether he or she will be ready for college. Citing years of study, the Consortium on Chicago…

This guide provides St. Louis, Missouri, secondary school teachers with information about desegregation that would be useful to parents and students in that city. The guide contains instructional materials to be used by teachers to reduce anxieties caused by school desegregation. The background information on St. Louis desegregation includes: (1)…

This article describes a lesson study project that explored the impact of using storybooks to teach mathematics in three kindergarten classrooms. The study involved three kindergarten teachers and three university educators, who collaborated to plan, design, implement revise, and reflect on a unit of mathematics that focused on the concept of…

This guide provides primary school teachers in St. Louis, Missouri, with information about the desegregation movement court ruling and plan implemented in that city. Activities designed to inform parents and students and help persons to adjust to new school locations are presented. Background information on St. Louis desegregation is provided,…

Suggests several positive reinforcement methods that teachers may employ with inner-city students to improve student responsibility, organization, and motivation. These methods include offering incentives for grade improvement, tangible and nontangible reinforcers, token systems, and social reinforcement. (GC)

Describes how the author incorporated a shared book reading using the multicultural book "Too Many Tamales" (by G. Soto and E. Martinez) with her urban third graders. Notes how the story provides an opportunity to consider what variables impact readers' interpretations and comprehension of text. (SG)

This guide provides fourth and fifth grade teachers in St. Louis, Missouri, with information about desegregation that would be useful to parents and students in that city. Classroom activities designed to inform parents and students and help persons to adjust to new school locations are described. Background information on St. Louis desegregation…

Discusses a problem that exists in the gap between technology integration in curricula and technology and infrastructure availability, which poses a problem for both preservice and inservice teachers and their students. Considers how teachers have begun to use computers not only as a diagnostic or remedial tool, but also as a part of their…

Shares the authors' thinking about building classroom community and the importance of offering students choices within grade 2-3 urban classrooms. Discusses how an atmosphere of caring where students feel safe taking risks is the result of deliberate planning by teachers who realize that learning is indeed social in nature. (SG)

This guide provides middle school teachers in St. Louis, Missouri, with information about desegregation that would be useful to parents and students in that city. Classroom activities designed to inform parents and students and help persons to adjust to new school locations are presented. Background information provided includes: (1) an abridged,…

Describes a reflective practice case study which involved creating and delivering a unit integrating drama, media literacy, and media production with a focus on advertising for a group of students at an alternative inner-city high school. Proposes this strategy may assist others in studies and teaching practice. (PM)