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Direct linkAmos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Improving the Distribution of Teachers in Low-Performing High Schools": Alliance Brief and Event Examine…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Graduation Rate, Minority Groups, Public Education
Download full textUS Department of Education, 2008
"The Achiever" is a bi-monthly publication for parents and community leaders. Each issue contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) President Urges Congress to Reauthorize Law; (2) Standing on Solid Ground: New Orleans School Reopens to High Demand; (3) Secretary's…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Federal Legislation, Natural Disasters, Urban Schools
Webster, Staten W.; Lund, S. E. Torsten – Integrated Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Culture Contact, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Research, Minority Groups
Dean, Ethel M. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Adjustment Counselors, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary Education
New York City Public Schools, Brooklyn, NY. – 1967
THE COMPOSITIONS IN THIS COLLECTION WERE WRITTEN BY STUDENTS IN A SECOND-GRADE CLASS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A DISADVANTAGED AREA IN NEW YORK CITY. THE CHILDREN SET THE TYPE, MADE THE LINOLEUM BLOCK ILLUSTRATIONS, PRINTED THE PAGES, AND BOUND THE BOOKLET. THE COLLECTION CONTAINS POEMS, COMPOSITIONS, AND LETTERS ON THE THEMES OF "HAPPY…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Adams, Jan – Instructor, 1978
An experienced teacher discusses her experiences in a tough, inner city school and offers suggestions for self-preservation, discipline, guidance techniques, how to handle irate parents, and security measures. (JMB)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Discipline, Parent Grievances, Parent Teacher Conferences
Peer reviewedDodson, Anna G. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1971
Informal sessions between the school counselor and siblings attending the same school are described. The results indicate greater rapport between students and counselor and a boosting of self referrals, an increase in referrals from parents, and additional information in helping in planning a developmental guidance program. Recommendations are…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Guidance
Harrington-Lueker, Donna – American School Board Journal, 1999
Schools that would gain the most from technology face the greatest obstacles. A study of four large urban school districts (Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Cleveland) reveals common barriers: overwhelming size, deteriorating buildings, pervasive poverty and inequity, high teacher turnover, low expectations, insufficient staff development,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Resistance to Change
Ness, Molly – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Given most AmeriCorps members' passion and dedication, a recent college graduate assigned to an overcrowded Oakland middle school felt guilty about her half-hearted commitment to Teach for America. She gradually realized her situation was all too realistic and typical of teachers serving in underresourced schools across the nation. (MLH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Crowding, Disadvantaged Schools, Middle Schools
Ritchie, Garth – Journal of Education Policy, 2004
This paper examines the flow of teachers between schools of different socio-economic statuses. New Zealand Ministry of Education data is examined with regard to teacher age and salary structures in schools from high and low socio-economic intakes. Teacher mobility data is examined and a model of the mobility life cycle of a 'typical' teacher…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status
Hoadley, Ursula – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2003
The article reports research in two South African grade 3 classrooms, one located within a disadvantaged school and one in an affluent suburban school. The research examines the pacing rules of different transmission practices: weak pacing (a slower rate of transmission) is associated with pedagogy in the working-class school, and strong pacing (a…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Pacing, Disadvantaged Schools, Suburban Schools
Stroup, John T.; Salmonowicz, Michael J.; Broom, Christopher C. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2007
This case tells the story of James Madison High School, which became the epicenter of a debate over the future reorganization and control of large secondary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The LAUSD, recently taken over by the newly elected mayor, was fighting for control of this 3,000-student high school with a charter…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Urban Schools, Public Schools
Dolan, Alyson Lavigne; McCaslin, Mary – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Working theories about student goal orientation, understanding of intelligence, and affective mediation of task engagement inform current beliefs about students and learning and motivation. Much research has focused on identifying effective teaching strategies to raise the achievement of disadvantaged students; however, less is…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation
Berry, Barnett – Center for Teaching Quality, 2007
Over the last 24 months--with support from the National Education Association and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards--over 2,000 National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) from North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Washington examined teacher recruitment and retention research and participated in structured…
Descriptors: Evidence, Teacher Leadership, Educational Policy, Teacher Recruitment
Barnes, Gary; Crowe, Edward: Schaefer, Benjamin – National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2007
In this paper, we report the results of a pilot study of the cost of teacher turnover in five school districts. We examine the rate of turnover, the relationship between turnover and teacher and school characteristics, and the costs associated with recruiting, hiring, and training replacement teachers. We find evidence that turnover costs,…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Costs
