This article explores the role of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in producing teachers of color. Specifically, it looks at larger national trends and highlights individual MSIs that have experienced success in the area of teacher education and the production of teachers of color. Recommendations are made to assist colleges and universities…

To inform the "Leandro v. State of North Carolina" Action Plan, the Learning Policy Institute examined the within-school and out-of-school barriers to obtaining a sound basic education facing students who attend North Carolina's high-poverty schools. High-poverty schools are schools where 75% or more students are at risk because their…

Many U.S. states provide public funding for charter schools--deregulated and privately managed schools operating in direct competition with government-run schools. While the impact of charter schools on student achievement and sorting has been intensely studied, less is known about the demand for these alternatives. Using precinct-level returns…

This Issues Brief uses data from Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS) conducted in 1987-88 and 1993-94 to examine teachers' sense of community in U.S. public and private schools. The brief examines teachers' perceptions of: (1) the extent to which staff members share common goals, beliefs, and expectations with respect to schooling; (2) the extent…

Uses school-level data from the Schools and Staffing Survey 1993-94 to assess the extent to which California African-Americans versus non-Hispanic whites attend schools with children with limited English proficiency. Tests ecological theoretical expectations about spatial patterns arising within the context of multiethnic, multiracial communities.…

Analysis of data from the Schools and Staffing Survey, 1987-88, reveals that compared to metropolitan schools, nonmetropolitan schools are smaller, have fewer teachers with advanced degrees, and offer fewer advanced or remedial classes. However, smaller rural schools often provide smaller classes, more teacher attention, and a less stressful…