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Rousseau Anderson, Celia – Educational Forum, 2021
My focus in this reflection is on the role of mathematics teacher education in the preparation of culturally relevant teachers for urban schools. Drawing from the sociology of urban mathematics education (SUM) framework, I explore the current blind spots in our view of the preparation of culturally relevant mathematics teachers for urban schools.…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Mathematics Education, Teacher Education, Urban Schools
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Akhavan, Nancy; Emery, Ryan; Shea, Ginger; Taha-Resnick, Adria – Educational Forum, 2017
The study is a mixed-methods investigation of how urban schools are succeeding. The study surveyed 28 former students from urban schools in Oxnard, California. The qualitative responses represent themes that align to a high level of school connectedness and social-emotional learning (SEL) as key indicators of a successful urban school district.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Effectiveness, Effective Schools Research, Mixed Methods Research
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Ornstein, Allan C. – Educational Forum, 1971
Criticism of teachers who work among the poor is analyzed. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Problems, Poverty, School Organization
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Cordasco, Francesco – Educational Forum, 1976
Article examined the problems of urban education and reviewed a text, Urban Education in America: Problems and Prospects, written by Raymond C. Hummel and John M. Nagle. (RK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educationally Disadvantaged
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Simmelkjaer, Robert J. – Educational Forum, 1979
Reviews the history of the ten year involvement of the Economic Development Council (composed of approximately three hundred corporations) with the New York City educational system. Discusses the involvement in two phases: the partnership phase which included a feasibility study and the renewal phase which employed organizational development.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Feasibility Studies