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Direct linkMaster, Benjamin K.; Mihaly, Kata; Schweig, Jonathan; Berglund, Tiffany; Hu, Lynn – RAND Corporation, 2023
Teach For America (TFA) is an organization that aims to address educational inequity in part through a program of training and placing teachers in U.S. K-12 public schools that have the highest proportions of high-poverty students. In this report, the authors quantify the impacts of Teach For America Indianapolis (TFA Indy) on student and school…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Disadvantaged
Grudnoff, Lexie; Ell, Fiona; Haigh, Mavis; Hill, Mary F.; Tocker, Kimai – NZCER Press, 2019
There is a strong relationship between student achievement, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background in Aotearoa New Zealand. This book is committed to providing a framework for teaching for equity, to ensure those students who are typically underserved by the system have equitable opportunities to excel. A group of teachers, principals, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Ethnicity, Racial Differences
Download full textPublic Impact, 2018
U.S. education leaders have spent decades highlighting and attempting to close achievement gaps among demographic groups. The gaps between African-American and Latino students compared to their white and Asian peers, as well as the gaps between low-income students and others, are among the most pernicious. In 2017, Oak Foundation commissioned…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Minority Group Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
Teaching cases are a valuable tool in preparing teachers and school administrators to engage effectively with families. Because the case method presents a story in practice, it offers students an active learning opportunity. Teaching cases involve real world situations and consider the perspectives of various stakeholders, including teachers,…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, School Community Relationship, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods
1999
This document summarizes key recommendations developed to address the needs and issues of low-income students of color, many of whom are also English language learners. It grew out of discussions among California school district superintendents, school board members, and other educators. These educators noted that 60% of California students are…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, L. Scott – 1995
The central purpose of this book is to help leaders and professionals in government, education, business, philanthropies, and the media think about what needs to be done to ensure that minorities reach educational parity with the majority population as soon as possible. Chapter 1 discusses society's interest in the educational advancement of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Achievement Gains, Cultural Differences
