Describes the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education program, operated by the Midcontinent Regional Laboratory, a Kansas City-based research and development institution established in 1966, in the days of major Federal expenditures for education. (Author/JM)

Surveys the nature of community education in the Los Angeles area and examines specific programs in the area. Needs for community education are discussed and the future of community education is examined. (DN)

BET (Beginning and Experienced Teachers) is an acronym for an inservice program for inner city teachers in Buffalo, New York, schools. (DS)

Various aspects of the relationship between the academic freedom of teachers and their role in the social studies classroom are discussed. (CK)

Minorities educated in urban school systems are unlikely to select themselves into teacher training programs. This article shows the direct connection among societal conditions, the quality of schooling offered minority children, and minority teacher recruitment. Suggestions for developing alternative certification and recruitment approaches are…

An audit of 200 students entering an inner city secondary school indicated that 75% had communication difficulties which hampered relationships, behaviour and learning. A course was designed for 35 teachers and support staff. The premise was that improving dialogue with students, and facilitating their narrative speaking and writing structures,…

Describes a summer session workshop for inner-city teachers who wished to improve their professional performance or their teacher-student relationships.

THE PROJECT HAD ITS BEGINNING AT ONE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. ATTENTION WAS TURNED TO THE VARIETY OF URBAN PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGEMENT. TEACHER PREPARATION, DESEGREGATION, PRESCHOOL, TRAINING, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT MOTIVATION, AND SCHOOL DROPOUTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS IN NEED OF GREATER ATTENTION.…

This 1965 report summarizes briefly the purposes, functions, and projects of the Research Council of the Great Cities Program for School Improvement. Described are the initial projects in which vocational education, gray areas, fiscal policy, and teacher education were studied. New areas of involvement include instructional materials development,…

Project Unique, developed by the Rochester public school system, assumed that an adequate program must relate to the larger environment within which the school functions and, hence, sought to work out a comprehensive approach to the problems of urban education. Its components aimed at: increasing community participation of inner city parents in…

Mankato State College's introductory Urban Education Program provides students with an inter-cultural, interdisciplinary, and inter-institutional educational program. The main emphasis of this program is on the clinical experiences at the Willard Elementary School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each college student is assigned to a classroom teacher.…

Describes the environmental setting and educational programming of a British urban studies centre, reviewing previous accomplishments with various audiences. Also identifies future involvements in long-term programs in secondary schools, in community energy conservation projects, and in development of a new certificate for pre-vocational…

This document contains the four issues of Northwest Education published from fall 1999 through summer 2000. Issue themes are: (1) "Sea Change: Meeting the Challenge of Schoolwide Reform" (Fall 1999); (2) "City Kids: What Helps Them Thrive" (Winter 1999); (3) "The New Principal" (Spring 2000); and (4) "Growing…