A press release and preview guide describes a 20-minute film made by the Institute for the Advancement of Urban Education (IAUE). The film, which is based on a complete educational system developed by LAUE for urban high schools, is said to focus on the perceptions of inner-city students on how education can satisfy their concerns. It documents…

This final report provides an evaluation of the Lincoln Center Student Program which was designed to help junior and senior high students develop an understanding and appreciation for the theatre arts through a variety of cultural experiences. Evaluation focused on determining the: 1) extent to which the project fostered art appreciation toward…

Education in Brussels is provided by four sectors: the state, the province, the communes, and the Catholic or "free" (independent) schools. The thorniest problem faced by secondary education is the presence of the immigrant population. (MLW)

Due to the increasing achievement gap between schools of urban settings and their suburban counterparts, and in an environment where statewide testing that may begin to hinder the graduation of many urban students, there is a need to close the gap especially in the areas of Math and Science. Teachers in such environments face the daunting task of…

A study which reflects how a class of disadvantaged, inner city high school students with poor reading ability achieved high quality academic learning in a world geography class through various reading media is discussed and summarized. (SM)

Applied mainly to low achievers, the writing and reading program formulated by this teacher was based on a personal approach aimed toward inculcating the habit of thinking. (MM)

Describes a fifteen-week elective course for juniors. (DD)

Inservice programs for teachers and other educational personnel can increase the effectiveness of urban schools by upgrading the quality of school programs for children. Although social forces are partly responsible for the problems confronting urban schools, it is necessary to use existing knowledge to improve education under present conditions.…

Recognizing the need for improved, more flexible, more reality-based training for pupil personnel workers, the Division of Foundations and Human Behavior, Indiana University, in conjunction with the Department of Counseling and Guidance, formed a relationship with the Indianapolis Public Schools in order to seek out methods of improving PPS…

Materials for a course on Urban Ecology are developed in these two documents which represent the first unit - Technology and Environmental Pollution. The entire course consists of seven units dealing with the many aspects of our way of life that produce an effect on, and in turn affected by, the quality of our physical environment. Unit I treats…

A class of socially maladjusted, emotionally disturbed innercity adolescents responded enthusiastically to developing individual and group poems. (CL)

"Mosaic" is a program that shows positive aspects of South Boston High School in the wake of its poor desegregation reputation. A community studies magazine is produced with writing and photographs that examines life in Boston and documents the lives of former students. It is used to teach multicultural education. (VM)

Recent trends are reviewed in support of the contention that urban education is returning to the educational mainstream. The emphasis on professional accountability and the principal as instructional leader, the promise of effective schools research, stronger school-business relationships, and more effective public relations are discussed. (MJL)

Analyzes Girls' High School, one of the two original secondary schools in the Atlanta public system, in order show that, contrary to the claims of nineteenth century educational boosters, social class and race were important factors which determined how far a scholar advanced up the educational stairway. (Author/JM)

Reports on a long-term collaborative effort between Northeastern University and inner-city high schools in Boston which resulted in the wide-spread introduction of reform classes in schools previously lacking calculus. (Author/MM)