This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 5-year project at the University of San Francisco (California) to recruit and train minority and bilingual paraeducators (instructional assistants and teacher aides) and noncertified substitute teachers to receive a special education (mild-moderate) credential and master's degree with…

Drawing on the experience of a program that trained adult international students as teachers for U.S. urban classrooms, this article explores ways to empower these teacher candidates in classrooms in which they are in a minority and how their contributions can educate the dominant culture as the text or teacher cannot. (SLD)

The University of North Carolina developed a plan emphasizing strategic involvement of school districts and communities in preparation of teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. The likelihood of long-term success increases as partners and stakeholders understand the factors contributing to successful partnerships. In the most…

This House committee staff report concerns the impact of educational policies and practices on at risk students and minority teachers. These two groups have been adversely affected by rapid changes in education. Demands for higher standards and expectations have not been matched with adequate resources to meet the special needs of these students…

The outdoor education program for sixth graders in San Diego County is described, along with an account of its development and the financial support structure underlying the program. Eleven major outcomes that can be expected from participation in the outdoor education program are enumerated. An intensive pre-camp teacher-training program carried…

DESCRIBED ARE THE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY HUNTER COLLEGE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR TRAINING TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED. HUNTER OFFERS (1) SPECIALIZED TRAINING COURSES, (2) PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS OF PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN, AND (3) VARIOUS NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT INSTITUTES ON READING IMPROVEMENT, URBAN EDUCATION, SCIENCE TEACHING, ENGLISH TEACHING,…

The contents of this book are as follows. Chapter I, "The disadvantaged: overview and trends," provides a brief synopsis of some of the major factors related to educating the disadvantaged. Chapter II, "Emerging youth deprivation," examines two groups of students--middle- and upper-middle-class white students and black students of all classes--who…

This initial systematic management design for Teacher Corps, Cycle V, at the University of Southern California's School of Education covers the entire two years of the program. The document contains objectives stated in measurable terms, graphic representations of activities (flow charts and time sequence charts), key decision points to attain the…

This second of a series of evaluation reports of the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education (CUTE) program covers 1968-69 and replicates portions of the 1967-68 evaluation, assesses the effects of the program, and provides recommendations to the program directors. Data were collected in Kansas City, Mo., Oklahoma City, Okla., and Wichita, Kansas,…

A new teacher education text stresses the primacy of urban problems. Also emphasized is a new direction in the training and recruitment of teachers for urban schools. Part I, "The Problem" contains chapters on urban and rural education, family structure and education, stupidity and ignorance, militancy and intelligence, and the teacher,…

This source book presents 22 papers by master teachers emphasizing practices and points of view which they feel contribute to effective teaching. One part of the volume describes the Princeton University - Trenton Schools Institutes (PTI), another contains nine papers on the English-Social Studies program, a third has nine papers on the…

Discusses inequity in computer access for African-Americans and Hispanics in urban public schools. Topics include the importance of elementary school for later success; computer technology use by at-risk students; behavior problems and instructional strategies; and the need for sufficient numbers of computers, adequate teacher training, and…

Reviews the seven papers presented at a symposium entitled "Perennial Issues in Qualitative Research," part of the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, California, 1986), and included in this issue. Discusses the demonstrated usefulness of qualitative methods in educational research, and also…

This article examines critical problems facing young children and their families in urban areas and implications for the preparation of early childhood special educators. It focuses specifically on teacher training needs concerning AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), drug and alcohol abuse, and child abuse. (DB)

Identifies factors that inhibit the recruitment and retention of minority students in gifted education programs including screening and identification issues (definitions and instrumentation); educational issues (quality of students' education); and personnel issues (lack of teacher training in gifted and urban education, low teacher referral).…