NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Effects of Ambient Noise on the Measurement of Mathematics Achievement for Urban High School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zhang, Bo; Navejar, Regina – Urban Education, 2018
Students from urban high schools are usually faced with adverse environmental factors in their pursuit of academic success. These factors make learning more challenging and may confound the measurement of academic performance itself. This study explores how one such factor, ambient noise, affects the measurement of mathematics achievement.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, High School Students, Urban Schools, Urban Education
"Pushed" to Teach: Pedagogies and Policies for a Black Women Educator Pipeline
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gist, Conra D.; White, Terrenda; Bianco, Margarita – Education and Urban Society, 2018
This research study examines the learning experiences of 11th- and 12th-grade Black girls participating in a precollegiate program committed to increasing the number of Teachers of Color entering the profession by viewing a teaching career as an act of social justice committed to educational equity. The pipeline functions as an education reform…
Descriptors: Females, African American Teachers, Minority Group Teachers, Learning Experience
Why Music Matters in Urban School Districts: The Perspectives of Students and Parents of the Celia Cruz High School of Music, Bronx, New York
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dosman, Nicolás Alberto – Arts Education Policy Review, 2017
Despite their long history and importance in the American curriculum, music programs must constantly justify their place in the twenty-first century. Urban areas that are economically depressed sometimes may not be able to offer music instruction due to the emphasis on raising test scores as well as unfavorable economic conditions that may limit…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
The Impact of Community Bonding and Bridging Social Capital on Educational Performance in Israel
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Menahem, Gila – Urban Education, 2011
The study examines two issues of the relationship between social capital and educational performance: the different effects of bridging and bonding social capital on urban educational performance and the contextual effects of social capital. The main argument states that bonding and bridging social capital are differently related to educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Academic Achievement, Context Effect
Pathways to Teaching: African American Male Teens Explore Teaching as a Career
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bianco, Margarita; Leech, Nancy L.; Mitchell, Kara – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
The need for African American male teachers is clear; however their pathway to teaching is in disrepair. This article shares research findings and a description of a pre-collegiate course designed to encourage high school students of color, including African American males, to explore teaching. More specifically, drawing from survey and interview…
Descriptors: African American Students, Grade 11, Grade 12, Males
Effective Schools Operating with Amazing (Dis)grace of Human Resources Strategy, Policy and Practice: A South African Case
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cele, Nhlanhla – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2005
The public profiling of schools as "effective schools", based on Grade 12 results, has resulted in a jingoistic race by many public schools to get their names on the "public notice board" of effectiveness recognition. Besides creating a skewed perception of school effectiveness, this public profiling of schools as effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, Reputation, Public Schools