The Urban Challenge In Education
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Author | : Joseph Scollo |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2014-11-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1475814453 |
With the advent of charter schools in the United States, the face of public education has changed in this country. From its early beginning in Minnesota to its exponential growth in California the charter school movement has generated much controversy. It has been praised for its accomplishments, and criticized for its creaming of students. Over 130,000 students attend nearly 250 charter schools in the city of Los Angeles. This book presents an in-depth look at seventeen of those schools – urban schools that are making a difference in the lives of the students and families they serve. Readers will encounter a group of dedicated educational pioneers who are committed and passionate about their schools. These are people who have sacrificed much, and put their lives on hold to develop and implement schools that meet the needs of all students regardless of economic circumstance or background. From people who have mortgaged their homes toattain financing for their dream, to some that have changed careers to improve the quality of education for children and young adults.
Author | : Karen A. McClafferty |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2000-02-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780791444337 |
Presents current research and theoretical perspectives on the challenges facing educators in U.S. urban schools.
Author | : Linn Posey-Maddox |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2014-03-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 022612035X |
In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children to—and often end up becoming active in—urban public schools. Their presence can bring long-needed material resources to such schools, but, as Linn Posey-Maddox shows in this study, it can also introduce new class and race tensions, and even exacerbate inequalities. Sensitively navigating the pros and cons of middle-class transformation, When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools asks whether it is possible for our urban public schools to have both financial security and equitable diversity. Drawing on in-depth research at an urban elementary school, Posey-Maddox examines parents’ efforts to support the school through their outreach, marketing, and volunteerism. She shows that when middle-class parents engage in urban school communities, they can bring a host of positive benefits, including new educational opportunities and greater diversity. But their involvement can also unintentionally marginalize less-affluent parents and diminish low-income students’ access to the improving schools. In response, Posey-Maddox argues that school reform efforts, which usually equate improvement with rising test scores and increased enrollment, need to have more equity-focused policies in place to ensure that low-income families also benefit from—and participate in—school change.
Author | : Karen S. Gallagher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0415872405 |
This comprehensive volume provides a 3-part conceptual model in which the achievement of equity for all - regardless of race, gender, or ethnicity - is is central to urban education.
Author | : National Education Association of the United States |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Education and state |
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Author | : Julia E. Colyar |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Education |
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Author | : Laura Lippman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Education, Urban |
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Author | : Essex Community College |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1973 |
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Author | : Karen Symms Gallagher |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2013-03-19 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1136869832 |
Many factors complicate the education of urban students. Among them have been issues related to population density; racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity; poverty; racism (individual and institutional); and funding levels. Although urban educators have been addressing these issues for decades, placing them under the umbrella of "urban education" and treating them as a specific area of practice and inquiry is relatively recent. Despite the wide adoption of the term a consensus about its meaning exists at only the broadest of levels. In short, urban education remains an ill-defined concept. This comprehensive volume addresses this definitional challenge and provides a 3-part conceptual model in which the achievement of equity for all -- regardless of race, gender, or ethnicity – is an ideal that is central to urban education. The model also posits that effective urban education requires attention to the three central issues that confronts all education systems (a) accountability of individuals and the institutions in which they work, (b) leadership, which occurs in multiple ways and at multiple levels, and (c) learning, which is the raison d'être of education. Just as a three-legged stool would fall if any one leg were weak or missing, each of these areas is essential to effective urban education and affects the others.
Author | : Laura Lippman |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1996-12 |
Genre | : Education, Urban |
ISBN | : 0788136321 |