The chapter considers the globalization and transnational through examining reform as embodying standards. My use of standards is not in the publically stated goals of policy. They are in the principles generated in the making of the objects of reflection and administration of children. These standards relate historically to the rules and…

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how an urban teachers' residency cohort program in Ohio, formed a partnership with an urban school district located in Ohio, and how and why the partners defined distinct and differing ideas of teacher quality for high-poverty schools and their disadvantaged students. Investigations of…

At the earliest grade levels, young Black males, who have been identified by their teachers as "challenging" (in psychological terminology, exhibiting externalizing behavior), have the same disproportionate rate of school suspension and expulsion as their older counterparts (Gilliam, 2005; Lewis, Butler, Bonner, & Joubert, 2010;…

The society is violent, the urban neighborhoods are violent, and the schools are violent. People who want to teach in urban schools need to recognize the reality of the situation they will enter. Beginning teachers must recognize that preventing violence is an integral part of their legitimate work; the more effective they are at empowering…

While reform options such as creating new schools seem tempting, they challenge the ills of public schools with new school creation under the same system. Of interest are the lessons that can be gleaned from teachers at a new small school that serves a Black American population. A theory on declining institutions was used to explore teachers'…

Central Missouri State College was awarded the distinguished achievement award for its development and implementation of an education program for prospective teachers of the culturally different child. Recognition awards were also given to Dominican College of San Rafael for its creative effort to meet both the letter and spirit of new California…

Four widely varying presentations concerning inner city media utilization and training programs" are highlighted. (Author/AA)

This conference explored ways to improve mathematics education for inner-city schools. Five position papers, together with summaries of the discussions of these papers by conference participants, are contained in this report. Topics range over types of pre- and in-service teacher training, laboratories and materials for the inner-city school, and…

Directors of a program to increase the number of black and Spanish-speaking students enrolled in physics courses explain its organization and their conclusions. (DS)

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING AND MANY DIFFERENT METHODS OF LEARNING. FOR MAXIMUM LEARNING, TEACHING STYLES AND LEARNING STYLES SHOULD BE CONGRUENT, THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH THE DISADVANTAGED LEARNER. THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD COMES TO SCHOOL WITH A CERTAIN PERSONALITY, WITH CERTAIN NEEDS, AND WITH CERTAIN BUILT-IN MECHANISMS. HE…

The teachers in a program to increase the number of black and Spanish-speaking students in physics courses explain the problems, techniques used, and advantages. Included is an outline of the syllabus drawn from HPP, PSNS, and computer programs in BASIC. (DS)

Teachers, programs, and facilities suitable to the special needs and potentialities of inner city youngsters must be provided. (Author/MK)

A project will recruit 40 educationally and financially disadvantaged young Negro men, many of them veterans, to prepare them for secondary school English teaching in city schools. Students will be granted probationary college admission and enrolled in special seminars to overcome deficiencies in language and study skills; operating initially on a…

Because of the enormity of challenges that confront teachers in urban schools, teachers should be finely trained in an intensive educational program. (JD)