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Huff-Franklin, Clairie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore the correlation between state-recorded value- added (VA) scores and academic optimism (AO) scores, which measure teacher self-efficacy, trust, and academic emphasis. The sample for this study is 87 third through eighth grade Reading teachers, from fifty-five schools, in an urban school district in Ohio who…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Urban Teaching, Reading Teachers, Psychological Patterns
Sweeney, Pamela K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how an urban teachers' residency cohort program in Ohio, formed a partnership with an urban school district located in Ohio, and how and why the partners defined distinct and differing ideas of teacher quality for high-poverty schools and their disadvantaged students. Investigations of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Urban Teaching, Partnerships in Education, Urban Schools
Keller, Bess – Education Week, 2007
How many teachers stay, especially in the schools that need them most? The question has attracted widespread attention as policymakers have recognized that expert teaching is the most important school-related factor in student achievement. Data show that poor and minority students assigned to ineffective teachers lag significantly behind their…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Teacher Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Schools, Urban Teaching
Corwin, Ronald G.; Schmit, Marilyn – Educ Urban Soc, 1970
Presents information regarding the qualifications of teachers, their identification with the problems of inner-city schools, and their commitments to teaching in the inner-city. (JM)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Background
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Hewson, Peter W.; Kahle, Jane Butler; Scantlebury, Kathryn; Davies, Darleen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2001
Reports on the results of case studies in two Ohio middle schools that employed a model known as the equity metric to identify factors affecting equity in urban science education reform. (Contains 33 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2004
The state of Ohio wants to take charter schools to a whole new level: colleges of education. The state department of education is seeking to establish teacher-preparation schools that are free from state regulations so long as they produce high-quality teachers--a variation on the concept that has led to the creation of more than 3,000 K-12…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Program Development, Schools of Education, Minority Group Children
Strom, Robert D. – 1970
The Preface Plan described in this report represents the first effort of a metropolitan school system to provide a concentrated relevant training program for new inner city staff that begins after being hired but prior to the assumption of teaching duties. The recent project in which it was field-tested was supported by a federal contract from the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Elementary School Teachers, Inner City
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Padak, Nancy D.; And Others – Urban Education, 1994
Summarizes the mentoring component of a large federally funded partnership project, the Urban Teachers Project, which is designed to support future urban teachers. Twenty-four minority teachers served as mentors. Recruitment and selection of mentor teachers, typical mentor-student activities, and student attitudes are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Majors, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Taylor, Derek B.; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
During the 1960-1970 school year, the Cleveland Public Schools began implementing a More Effective Schools (MES) Program in two elementary buildings. This report is the evaluation of the third year of operation of the program (1971-72 school year). The MES Program was designed to attack the poor achievement patterns of inner-city children through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction
Ohio State Civil Rights Commission, Columbus. Dept. of Education and Community Relations. – 1972
The survey reported here focuses on ascertaining if the preparation of teachers and administrators is adequate to meet the needs of minority and disadvantaged pupils, especially in urban schools. A survey was made of the 53 Ohio colleges of education through a questionnaire. Responses were received from 40 teacher training institutions in the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethnic Studies, Inner City, Preservice Teacher Education
Marquez-Zenkov, Kristien; Nordgren, R. D. – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2004
This essay describes the broad consideration of educational standards that occurred with a cohort of masters' licensure students in public, urban university and high school contexts. This deliberation over standards was rooted in the model of standards development presented by these future teachers' licensure program and called upon this next…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Urban Universities, Teaching Methods, Essays