Reorganization of a school and training of teachers have resulted in a program that has been effective in developing constructive, orderly, and acceptable behavior in students. (Author/IRT)

Discusses keys to success that secondary teachers should keep in mind when trying to teach world history to urban students deficient in basic skills. First, the objective of the lesson must be relevant to the student. Second, skill deficiencies must be provided for when planning the lesson. (RM)

Traces the history of the author's evolution into a successful teacher of English in an urban setting. (DD)

Hong Kong International School has made extensive use of city resources in teaching concepts of government, world affairs, urban geography, economic geography, and macro-economics, in ways that may be replicated in other urban centers. (MB)

Describes a 2-year series of critical discussions around literature with African American adolescents in an inner-city community. Explains the use of a Critical Discourse Analysis as a pedagogical and analytic tool. Presents an analysis that provides one way of conceptualizing the teaching and learning of critical literacy through a Critical…

Several discipline problems frequently found in inner city schools are described. Presents suggestions for dealing constructively with them based on organization and classroom structure. (JMF)

Teachers of remedial urban students must make them aware that they create their own valid order and meaning through language. (DD)

Recommendations for the reorganization of Catholic secondary schools located in the inner city are presented. (MJM)

Discusses the success of past urban vocational agricultural education programs and the challenge to establish permanent programs through research and evaluation. Points out that a major commitment must be made to these programs. (JOW)

Three high school teachers describe how they changed their approaches to the teaching of composition. (DD)

Studies and identifies the general problems that urban minority youths face in schools. Considers instructional practices impeding the academic growth of minority students. Recommends instructional strategies that are particularly beneficial to minority students. (HB)

Shows how the advantages of ghetto living may be used in teaching communication and composition. (DD)

Studies the effect of educational attainment on measures of self-esteem and self-worth of 230 Black men ranging in age from 17 to 76. Dependent variables of respect for self, others, disappointment in respondents, and the effort to live up to friends' standards, showed a statistically significant relationship to the respondent's educational…

An alternative learning program was designed to develop self-esteem and social skills in at-risk youth (n=32). Significant increases in self-regulation and learning could be attributed to small class sizes and individualized instruction. (SK)

Explores the implications of literacy instruction aimed at "nourishing conversations" about life experiences in literacy classrooms. Emphasizes the sense that students made of their lives when they were allowed to raise their voices through literacy. Argues that curriculum in which adolescents are encouraged to investigate their life…