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Henry, Eric; And Others – 1995
This volume contains personal reflections by four teachers in Texas on their year-long Trinity University intern teaching experience at Mark Twain Middle School, an urban professional development school in San Antonio. Part 1 by Corinne McKamey, "To understand teaching you have to be there, engrossed in the human interactions," is a…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, College School Cooperation
Abood, Faye – 1995
This practicum was designed to address the problem of middle school students reacting to and handling conflict situations with violent behavior in an urban environment. These responses affected the well-being and safety of all middle school students at the school. The major goal was for middle school students to increase their awareness of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Conflict Resolution, Counseling
Basham, Laura B. – 1994
Fourth-grade students (83% of whom were identified as "at risk") in an inner-city school in the southeastern United States participated in a hands-on, interdisciplinary unit about the environment for 2 weeks. Lessons covered a wide range of environmental issues such as pollution, rainforest devastation, recycling, and Earth appreciation.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Attitude Change, Classroom Research, Elementary School Science
Marcon, Rebecca A. – 1996
Urban Head Start graduates were compared with comparably poor Pre-K graduates in this longitudinal study, in an effort to evaluate the long-term effects of the Head Start program. A sample of 227 children were included in an analysis of third-grade report cards, standardized Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) achievement scores, and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Cole, Robert W., Ed. – 1995
The culmination of work by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's (ASCD) Urban Middle Grades Network, a special Advisory Panel on Improving Student Achievement, and the Improving Student Achievement Research Panel, this book proposes a repertoire of tools for educators meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Cultural Pluralism
Horvat, Erin McNamara – 1997
This qualitative study examined the role played by race in the college choice behavior of a group of minority females. It examines the college aspirations and decision making processes of Black female college-bound students and the influences of their parents, friends, college counselors, teachers, and school staff. Subjects were 50 students at 3…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Black Achievement, Black Attitudes
Anisef, Paul, Ed.; Axelrod, Paul, Ed. – 1993
This book presents 11 papers of new research by scholars from across Canada engaged in the study of youth, schooling, employment, and social change. It describes the multiple transitions that young adults encounter in their journey from school to work. Particular attention is paid to the themes of gender, socioeconomic status, ethnocultural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship
Sainz, JoAnn; Biggins, Catherine M. – 1993
While a college degree is an important economic and social resource for graduating-age students, more and more students are entering colleges and universities without the basic skills necessary to achieve academic success, and a growing number are low-literate or limited English speaking. Community colleges have an important role in ensuring…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Economic Climate, Education Work Relationship
Augustin, Marc A. – 1993
This report examines the progress in 1992-93 of the Career Awareness Program for Bilingual Haitian and Hispanic Students (Project CAP) in New York City. In the year under review, Project CAP served a total of 292 students with limited English proficiency who were also limited in their ability to read and write in their native language.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Development, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention
College Board, New York, NY. – 1989
The National Forum on Effective Urban and Metropolitan Schooling met to discuss building communities and curriculum as part of a larger effort to support an agenda of achievement, competency, and success for urban education. This report of that 1989 meeting is divided into two parts. The first part lists and defines the following 10 themes for the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agenda Setting, Community Development, Conferences
Campbell, Elizabeth – 1982
Because it is based on the premise that learning is a lifelong process and that citizen involvement is essential to neighborhood problem solving, community education is particularly attuned to the current needs of cities and can be a major vehicle for cities attempting to provide convenient, comprehensive health services in an efficient,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Bilingual Education, Community Education, Community Health Services
Peterson, Paul E.; And Others – 1983
This three-part study of the history of urban education considers the contemporary relationship between school and society, the politics of education, and urban educational reform in Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois. Part I suggests that the contemporary educational system contributes more to social mobility and social change than…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development
Mitchell, Vernay; And Others – 1989
The key factors in the success of nine urban high schools that prepare students for specific occupational fields as well as for college entrance were studied in an attempt to show how these high schools deliver services to students and to stimulate discussion and action that will encourage further development of exemplary career-related and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Excellence in Education
Baecher, Richard E.; And Others – 1989
This report examines the correlates of successful social and educational strategies of a dropout prevention program for minority children in an urban school district. In 1986, Fordham University's Graduate School of Education and Social Services became partners with a heavily-populated minority public school district in New York City. This paper…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention
Cuyahoga Community Coll., Cleveland, OH. – 1987
Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) Center for Articulation and Transfer Opportunities offers programs and services designed to increase opportunities and to improve the success of urban transfer students as they move from one level of education to another. The Center sponsors an intensive series of services and events designed to increase the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Attendance, College Bound Students, Community Colleges
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