This four-part document addresses problems facing teachers of inner-city secondary students. Part 1 discusses the adverse influences of society on the inner city, and their effects on education and physical education. Part 2 focuses on competencies and expertise needed by physical education instructors to work effectively with inner-city students.…

An abundance of specific material useful to teachers of English in all types of high schools is presented in this book. Topics such as drama, media, linguistics, literature, and composition are discussed in the following chapters: (1) "Young People and Their Environment," (2) "The Nature of English: Toward a Developmental View," (3) "Making…

A summary is presented of teacher suggestions for a preventative physical education program developed from a summer workshop of teachers concerned with student discipline problems. (MJB)

This article sketches the background of current problems facing urban secondary school principals and cites a profile of the effective urban principal derived from recent research. Outstanding problems concerning the conditions and role of the urban principalship are discussed. (MJL)

The promise of education at a private Baltimore (Maryland) school rests in the idea that scholarship is the key to autonomy, self-determination, and self-fulfillment. The Park Heights Street Academy serves as a haven for the able adolescent who has been misplaced for social, political, economic, or academic reasons. (Author/MLF)

Describes a high school elective course. (DD)

Examines the ways in which the interpretation of a literary text is constructed through social interaction in a multi-ethnic urban secondary school English classroom. Suggests that despite the exhaustive regulation of literacy and school English, some English teachers, while still curriculum and examination focused, have connections between texts…

Presents reflections of six teacher-researchers who participated in the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy's M-CLASS, a project that focuses on understanding literacy in multicultural urban English and social studies classrooms. Notes that one issue the group raised is that teacher research often leads to teacher change. (PA)

Schools must establish the same quality standards and techniques used by businesses to achieve Total Quality Management (TMQ). TMQ can help public education to respond to the challenges typical of inner-city schools: a high transfer rate; aging faculty; and students with poor reading and math skills, lack of motivation, low self-esteem, and a…

Recounts some of the history of attempts to establish magnet and other voluntary, choice-oriented policies in urban school districts. Discusses the elements that must be included in programs established in those districts. (SR)

Discusses key issues that emerged when the cultural interests of African-American youth were brought into the curriculum of two urban schools. Argues that teachers can benefit by taking an ethnographer's stance in engaging students. Discusses the cultural resistance shown by some students, as well as the instances of cultural competence shown by…

This article describes a study that analyzes elementary and secondary teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the organizational climate of their school systems. (PD)

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 101 BOOKS SUITABLE FOR TEACHING URBAN DISADVANTAGED NEGRO AND PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN IS PRESENTED. THE BOOKS REFLECT THE ROLE AND CONTRIBUTION OF THE NEGRO AND PUERTO RICAN IN OUR HISTORY, ENHANCE THE ESSENTIAL DIGNITY AND INTEGRITY OF MINORITIES, PROVIDE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF MINORITIES, AND PROMOTE…

This paper discusses two areas of knowledge that educational professionals must develop to help resolve the crisis in the city and the suburbs. One area concerns key urban economic factors affecting elementary and secondary education. Eight factors are discussed: (a) the flight to suburbia, including some implications of the flight of the middle…