A unique program to provide urban teachers with the necessary training to meet the needs of their students is discussed. (CK)

This document reports the Cycle II Teacher Corps Urban Program at the University of Southern California, a 2-year effort to prepare teachers to work effectively in disadvantaged communities of such diverse racial and ethnic groups as Negroes, Mexican Americans, poor whites, Japanese, Koreans, and Samoans. There is brief description of the two…

This bibliography contains material drawn from the British Education Index, Canadiana, the Canadian Education Index, the Cumulative Book Index, the Current Index to Journals in Education, the Directory of Education Studies in Canada, the Education Index, Education Studies Completed in Canadian Universities, Research in Education, and Research…

Shows how a study of public art as reflected in current and historical photographs of school buildings provides a new lens for examining educational standards. Considers how using the principles and practices of contemporary public art, preservice teachers identified a number of the assumptions made about the built environments of their city…

THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF LEARNING HOW TO EQUALIZE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED CHILD HAS SEVERAL FACETS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL APPROACHES TO ITS SOLUTION. THE COMPOSITION OF THE CONFERENCE, THE DESIGN OF THE CONFERENCE, AND AN ASSESSMENT OF CONFERENCE OUTCOMES CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM ARE GIVEN. PAPERS AND PLENARY DISCUSSIONS…

This interim report presents operational and evaluational concepts and results and plans of the Teacher Corps from 1966 to 1968 in five sections. Section 1 capsules the objectives of the program: to broaden programs of teacher preparation and to strengthen educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth. The Teacher Corps program is overviewed…

Criteria that characterize competent teachers of the disadvantaged are concerned with the areas of academic preparation, preservice internships, personality, and continuous professional growth. (Author/IRT)

The disadvantaged who live in the ghettos of American cities must be educated to face reality. This is the best preparation for them if they are to find a place for themselves in American society. (CK)

Despite their interconnectedness, teacher education, teacher development, and teacher retention are often treated as discrete domains of inquiry. This article and the research on which it reports resist such compartmentalization and instead focus on relationships between teachers' pasts, presents, and futures. In particular, this qualitative study…

This article represents a conversation between two urban educators--one African American and one White. Not only the influence of race, but also the influence of personal and cultural histories on urban classrooms and colleges, unfold during their conversation. Providing important insights into the nature and significance of the work of urban…

This report describes the Michigan State Inner City Mathematics Project which is designed to deal with the problems in the inner-city schools. The project's objectives are to provide inservice training for teachers in inner-city schools; to train critic teachers, supervisors, and other personnel for inner-city schools in mathematics; to prepare…