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Liou, Daniel D.; Martinez, Antonio Nieves; Rotheram-Fuller, Erin – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
This one-year ethnographic case study focused on students of color from a West Coast High School who faced a variety of academic challenges. Collectively, they shared perspectives on school improvement, and among the recommendations was the importance of mentorship in the classroom to develop students' aspirational, navigational, and informational…
Descriptors: Mentors, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
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Noel, Jana – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2011
This article presents an urban teacher education center as a process model of how a university can cultivate authentic community engagement. Tree essential steps of the process model are identified: (1) being physically located at the school or community site in order to build trust and become integrated into the life of the school or community,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Partnerships in Education, Higher Education, Urban Teaching
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Freedman, Sarah Warshauer; Appleman, Deborah – Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
This study explores a constellation of factors that contribute to the retention of teachers in high-poverty, urban schools. It focuses on one cohort of the University of California at Berkeley's Multicultural Urban Secondary English Credential and MA Program, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to track the careers of 26 novice teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Credentials, Urban Schools, Teacher Education Programs
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Noel, Jana – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2006
A new Sacramento State University Urban Teacher Education Center (UTEC) is located at Jedediah Smith Elementary School, a highly diverse urban school whose students come entirely from two federally subsidized housing complexes. This paper documents the integration of UTEC into the school and its community, including descriptions of the initial…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Urban Education, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
Brady, Elizabeth H. – 1975
This paper describes the Head Start Primary Continuation Learning Project, a demonstration project designed to investigate whether continuity of relationship with an assistant teacher from Head Start through third grade can help children maintain gains made in Head Start and provide smooth transition into public school. Ten assistant teachers…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Sizemore, Barbara; And Others – 1987
A group of three conference papers, all addressing effective instructional programs, is presented in this document. The first paper, entitled "The Organization--A Viable Instrument for Progress" (Barbara Sizemore), addresses the subject of high-achieving, predominantly black elementary schools. Routines in these schools not present in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Black Culture