The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perspectives of novice New York City public school principals to understand if their individualized, in-service novice principal training, either mentoring or coaching, during Year One of their principalships impacted their sense of self-efficacy and influenced their decision to continue or…

School discipline is a salient problem of educational policy and practice. Teachers play an important role in the production and disruption of racial inequities in school discipline, yet there remains a need to disentangle the relationship between teacher characteristics, their perceptions of school climate, and school discipline patterns. This…

The Billion Oyster Project and Curriculum and Community Enterprise for the Restoration of New York Harbor with New York City Public Schools (BOP-CCERS) seeks to integrate harbor restoration activities with science teachers in order to provide their students with experiential learning through environmental impact in New York City with the vision…

Teachers who participate in learning and teaching abroad enhance their intercultural competence, develop more globally informed and critical perspectives on education, and improve their foreign language and teaching skills. However, most of the research on teacher study abroad has been conducted with pre-service rather than in-service teachers. To…

Online and hybrid courses offer many benefits for ESL teacher education, but can be hampered by 'transactional distance', a lack of interpersonal closeness which can cause misunderstanding and disengagement. This article describes a pedagogical project in which in-service teachers studying in a distance-learning MA TESL programme in Sri Lanka…

In "Brooklyn Dreams," Sonia Nieto--one of the leading authors and teachers in the field of multicultural education--looks back on her formative experiences as a student, activist, and educator, and shows how they reflect and illuminate the themes of her life's work. Nieto offers a poignant account of her childhood and the complexities of…

In April 2013, The Museum of Modern Art entered into a partnership with MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provider Coursera to offer professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers all over the world. Since entering into that partnership, MoMA has developed two MOOCs: "Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for Your…

This issue of the Occasional Papers Series aims to draw attention to the use of storytelling as a medium for provoking dialogue about inclusive classrooms and school communities. It offers readers stories of classroom life that provide insights into understanding the complexities that make up the lives of children with disabilities, their…

DURING 1959-60 SCHOOL YEAR, TEACHER-TRAINING CONSULTANTS IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY WERE UTILIZED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ORIENTATION AND INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE HELP FOR NEWLY APPOINTED TEACHERS IN SELECTED SPECIAL SERVICE SCHOOLS. EACH OF THE 17 CONSULTANTS WORKED IN A…

For New York City vocational teachers, the Vocational Education Leadership Program provides a 36-hour curriculum designed to deepen their understanding of vocational education, help them adapt teaching methods to the needs of urban secondary students, introduce them to research and its application, and provide them with essential elements of…

TWO OF THE 10 SESSIONS OF A TEACHER AND SUPERVISOR TRAINING PROGRAM IN PREPARATION FOR THE OPENING OF SOME OF THE NEW YORK CITY PILOT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS WERE EVALUATED. DATA CONSISTED OF OBSERVER REPORTS AND PARTICIPANTS' RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES. THE PARTICIPANTS MAINTAINED A HIGH LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT AND COOPERATION DURING BOTH SESSIONS.…

The report documents evaluation by the Office of Educational Assessment of first year (1983-84) implementation by the New York City school system of the Least Restrictive Placement Personnel Training Program. Program goals were to develop and field-test training materials for a population of approximately 700 special and general education…

THIS EXPERIMENT TESTED AND EVALUATED THE CHANGE IN ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARD MATHEMATICS OF NINTH-GRADE, ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA PUPILS SUBJECTED TO TWO METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. TWO HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED--(1) CLASSES TAUGHT BY INDIVIDUALIZED AND TRADITIONAL METHODS DO NOT DIFFER IN NINTH-GRADE ALGEBRA ACHIEVEMENT AND (2) INDIVIDUALIZED AND…

PROJECT ABLE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1961 IN NEW YORK TO IDENTIFY AND ENCOURAGE HIGH ABILITY PUPILS FROM CULTURALLY DEPRIVED GROUPS AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. LOCAL PROJECTS WERE ESTABLISHED IN SIXTEEN DISTRICTS WITH THE BACKING OF STATE FUNDS, OPERATING ON ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. AVERAGE COSTS PER PUPIL VARIED…

This policy manual containing guidelines, standards, and procedures was prepared to explain the Auxiliary Career Program in New York City schools to all those concerned with it. Introductory sections sketch the background and rationale for the program initiated in 1967 by the Board of Education, the City University, and the Human Resources…