Included in this paper is an outline for the book "Multiculturalism in the Mainstream: Teacher Researchers Build Multiethnic Literacy Communities in Urban Multicultural English and Social Studies Classrooms." The paper presents full descriptions of the chapters; a draft of the first chapter; a draft of a completed teachers' chapter; and a sample…

Problems of urban high schools, including poor attendance, high dropout rates, low achievement, and poor social relationships, are linked together by a strong sense of alienation among students and teachers. Yet much of the educational research and policy treat these issues separately. In this study a conceptual framework for understanding student…

Service horticulture, a many-faceted industry providing job opportunities for people of differing abilities, is taught in Cleveland in eight high schools and one special horticultural education center; costs are reduced by coordinating with other school programs. Right to placement in industry for work-study must be earned by students. (AJ)

Included in this module are five activities dealing with planning the urban environment. Activities included are: (1) analysis of new town development in the United States; (2) analysis of new town development in foreign countries; (3) discussion of technological advances expected in the next 25 years and their impact on the urban environment of…

This document is a collection of six abstracts representing a summary of the activities of a three-year project supported by the Education Professions Development Act. Addresses are included for copies of specific full reports. Satellite projects were implemented, based in Chicago, Indiana, Louisville (Ky.), Ohio, Urbana (Ill.), and the Midwest…

As part of the Midwest Center/Consortium for Planned Change, the University of Louisville School of Education and the Louisville Public Schools designed a program for the training of a "new professional" to help alleviate problems of inner-city students. Main goals of the program were: (1) to improve the competence of pupil personnel…

The third unit of grade 12 of the FICSS series (Focus on Inner City Social Studies -- see SO 008 271) examines the role of business, industry, and labor and how they interact with the government and the military. The unit deals with the concepts of power theory, corporation, corporate power, unions, union power, and mass society. Power theory…

Reports results of a study that (1) assesses the nature of interracial interactions within a disadvantaged, inner-city high school, (2) identifies what factors predict these interactions, and (3) suggests what implications such interactions should have on school policies and strategies. (CS)

Examines causes of urban teacher burnout; offers suggestions to secondary urban reading teachers on ways to experiment with methods of evaluation, instruction, and selection of materials, as well as on ways to achieve self-growth and to model for their students continuous effort toward learning. (GT)

Described are suitable topics to be included in an urban physics trail. Background information, questions to answer en-route, and follow-up questions are included. Required equipment is listed. (Author/CW)

Argues for a series of classroom strategies designed to help inner-city students distinguish between violence in their lives for which they are responsible and violence in their lives cause by larger societal structures. Describes possible readings, films, and corresponding writing exercises. Describes contact with community nonviolence groups and…

Addresses the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. government and politics course at Jordan High School in Long Beach (California), an inner city school with a diverse student population. Describes the course and discusses its success and benefits. (CMK)

The paper reports an inter-agency cooperative project to investigate the use of different instructional data bases to determine which characteristics were most facilitative for the instruction of 14- and 15-year-old urban students with a range of abilities in a summer career exploration program. Special education and rehabilitation professionals…

The Urban Development Component at Research for Better Schools, Inc., attempted to attack problems facing urban secondary schools in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by using the "natural channels" of educational and civic associations to disseminate research and development information and to work collaboratively toward improving…