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Abolitionist Teaching in an Urban District: A Literacy Coup
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Hoffman, Julie Wasmund; Martin, Jennifer L. – Urban Education, 2023
This article presents a preliminary study of an urban school district, and its use of a scripted middle-school language arts and literacy curriculum. The majority of students served by this district are African American. By interviewing a small sample of four teachers and one literacy coach, gathering preliminary data, and observing students…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Middle Schools, Language Arts
School Absenteeism and Neighborhood Deprivation and Threat: Utilizing the Child Opportunity Index to Assess for Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Passaic County, NJ
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Ijeoma Opara; Daneele Thorpe; David T. Lardier Jr. – Urban Education, 2024
Leveraging publicly available data about schools" absenteeism from the New Jersey Department of Education, the present study examined how neighborhood-level resource deprivation and violent crime related to chronic absenteeism in Passaic County's elementary, middle, and high schools. Results highlighted geographic disparities in Passaic…
Descriptors: Attendance, Neighborhoods, Socioeconomic Status, Violence
"Something You Can Look Back On": Teacher Candidates, Rap Music, and P-12 Social Studies
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Kumar, Tracey – Urban Education, 2020
Although several studies highlight the integration of hip-hop-based education (HHBE) into teacher education workshops and coursework, little is known about the use of HHBE by the teachers and teacher candidates who take part in these learning experiences. Toward such a contribution, this study examines how teacher candidates proposed to integrate…
Descriptors: Music, Popular Culture, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
Examining Dilemmas of Practice Associated with the Integration of Technology into Mathematics Classrooms Serving Urban Students
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Anthony, Anika B.; Clark, Lawrence M. – Urban Education, 2011
This article contributes to research on contextual influences on technology integration in urban mathematics classrooms through an investigation of five middle-grade teachers' participation in a laptop program. Drawing on activity theory, findings illuminate teachers' dilemmas and coping strategies in their efforts to integrate technology.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Technology Integration, Coping, Educational Technology
Responding to the Expressed Needs of Urban Middle School Principals.
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Neufeld, Barbara – Urban Education, 1997
What urban middle school principals engaged in school reform felt they needed to know and the strategies that maximize their learning were studied with 23 principals involved in extended professional development. Principals valued the components of staff development that have been supported by the National Staff Development Council. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Learning Strategies, Middle Schools
Attitudes toward Science of Urban Seventh-Grade Life Science Students over Time, and the Relationship to Future Plans, Family, Teacher, Curriculum, and School.
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Hill, Gary D.; And Others – Urban Education, 1995
Determined changes in attitudes toward science from the end of the first semester to the end of the second semester among 299 seventh-grade life science students in a southeastern urban school system. Results reveal that the average attitude toward science changed from undecided to positive. Significant relationships were found among the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis