The purpose of the present report is to show a comprehensive diagnosis of the situation of two low-cost private schools (Destiny and Saint Martin's schools) located in two slums (Mathare and Kibera) of Nairobi, capital city of Kenya, that Educafrica's team found before starting a collaboration programme through field volunteers work. A wide…

ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF 294 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN 16 SCHOOLS SERVING DISADVANTAGED PUPILS, HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER IS PROMPTED BY THE "PECULIARITIES" OF THE DISADVANTAGED STUDENT, BY ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEFICIENCIES IN THE SCHOOLS, AND BY THE TEACHERS' OWN SHORTCOMINGS. TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TURNOVER, FOUR EDUCATIONAL…

DISCUSSED ARE THE MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR PHILADELPHIA'S INNER-CITY SCHOOLS AND TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WHICH ARE DERIVED FROM THE VARIOUS TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS WHICH USE THE SCHOOLS AS A LABORATORY. METHODS COURSES AND STUDENT TEACHING TAKE PLACE IN GHETTO SCHOOLS AT BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS. ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF…

Discusses links between poverty and student performance and achievement. Describes service learning and social reconstructionism (the relationship between school curriculum and the political, social, and economic development of society). Offers an example from an inner-city urban high school English class, describing social reconstructionism for…

THE FIRST PAPER OF A PANEL, BY AARON BROWN, BRIEFLY REVIEWS SOME ISSUES OF PARENT-COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS. HE NOTES THE INCREASING COMMUNITY CONCERN WITH BETTER TEACHER PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE, QUALITY INTEGRATED EDUCATION, AND VARIOUS CURRENT EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES. HE POINTS OUT THAT THE PRINCIPAL IS THE KEY TO THE…

THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATING SLUM CHILDREN IS SPECIAL AND SHOULD NOT BE BUTTRESSED WITH DEMOCRATIC SLOGANS. AN EXAMPLE OF THE LATTER IS GIVING SLUM CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE GOOD IN OTHER SCHOOLS. TRANSFERRED TO THE SLUM SCHOOL, THEY BECOME DEMORALIZED AND FAIL. THEIR INSUFFICIENT SOCIAL AWARENESS AND THEIR LACK OF…

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF CURRENT PROBLEMS IN URBAN EDUCATION. IN THIS CONTEXT IT DESCRIBES SUCH INTERVENTIONS AS A PILOT PROJECT IN THE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NEW YORK CITY'S HIGHER HORIZONS PROJECT. THESE PROJECTS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY (1) THE USE OF SPECIALIZED EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS AND SMALLER CLASS SIZE, (2)…

The purpose of "Teach for America," a program modeled after the Peace Corps, was to recruit a cadre of bright college graduates to become uncertified teachers for two years in some of America's toughest schools. This book tracks the successes and failures of the program in its first year and presents the stories of seven idealistic corps…

THE BACKGROUND OF THE FAILURE OF RURAL AND URBAN SLUM SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS REVIEWED. A DISCUSSION OF THE SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE TEACHER, THE PARENT, AND THE COMMUNITY IN THESE PROGRAMS. IT IS FELT THAT ACTIVE TEACHER…

THIS REPORT BRIEFLY OUTLINES PLANS FOR A NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PROJECT TO TRAIN 60 NEGRO, PUERTO RICAN, AND WHITE DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO TEACH IN SLUM SCHOOLS AND SERVE AS ROLE MODELS FOR OTHER DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PAIRED, HOUSED, AND TRAINED WITH 60 "PEACE-CORPS-TYPE" GRADUATE ASSISTANTS.…

This book presents a sociological perspective on the issues involved in transferring the institutional structure of inner city schools, and discusses the closing of the gap between sociological analysis and policy, and professional practice and citizen participation. Examining the published and unpublished studies of experimental programs in urban…

AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN A SLUM AREA SERVES AS A TEACHING LABORATORY FOR EDUCATION STUDENTS AT TRENTON STATE COLLEGE (TSC). WITH FINANCING FROM TITLE III OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, THIS SCHOOL-COLLEGE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM HAS INTRODUCED DEMONSTRATION TEACHERS, NEW CLASSROOM TEACHERS, TEACHING AIDES, A BILINGUAL TEACHER, AND…