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Direct linkOrr, Margaret – Education and Urban Society, 2005
The career academy experience challenges the assumptions of traditional high school about the role of schooling for students career and college transitions and stresses contextual and integrated teaching. This alternative educational approach encourages teachers to focus more collectively on preparing students through their curriculum,…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Technical Assistance, Teacher Effectiveness
Orr, Margaret Terry – Education and Urban Society, 2005
The career academy experience challenges the assumptions of traditional high school about the role of schooling for students' career and college transitions and stresses contextual and integrated teaching. This alternative educational approach encourages teachers to focus more collectively on preparing students through their curriculum,…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Technical Assistance, Teacher Effectiveness
Mac Iver, Martha Abele – Education and Urban Society, 2007
This article presents a longitudinal case study of an urban high school as it transitioned from one comprehensive reform model to another over a 10-year period. The study is based on qualitative interview data and quantitative data on student outcomes. Despite evidence of improved student outcomes during this reform period, the school could not…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Schools, High Schools, Case Studies
