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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Inner city schools"”.
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A comparison of achievement and attendance of fifth grade African American male and female students attending same-gender classes and coeducational classes in two inner city schools
… gender classes and coeducational classes in two inner-city schools in Virginia. The population of the study was ninety African American students. Fifty-two students were in same-gender classes and thirty-eight students were in coeducational classes. The students were from very similar …
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Staff Satisfaction and Leadership Behavior of Theory X- and Theory Y-Oriented Principals in the Greater Chicago Public School System
… in the perceived staff satisfaction in both inner city and suburban elementary and secondary schools administrated by male or female Theory X- or Theory Y-oriented principals. Further, it was intended to determine if there was any reliability to the notion that the staff would rather be …
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Burnout and Quality of Life as Predictors of Compassion Fatigue in Inner-City Teachers in the United States
… to compassion fatigue in teachers who work in inner-city schools. Hence, this study investigated to what degree burnout and quality of life predicted compassion fatigue in teachers, particularly teachers in inner-city schools in the United States.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>This research endeavored …
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A study of the perceived problems of open and close-minded selected inner-city teachers of Catholic elementary schools in Chicago
… of two different types of Catholic elementary inner-city schools in Chicago and (2) to compare through the California F-Scale the perceived problems of open and closed-minded inner-city teachers of selected Catholic elementary schools in Chicago. Responses of the teachers to the Teacher Problem …
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Minority Middle and High School Students' Interest in Science: An Exploration of Teachers' Perceptions
… and nine high school science teachers, all from inner city schools in a big city of the Midwest United States except for one middle school teacher from a nearby suburb. The participants answered a survey questionnaire followed with a face-to-face recorded interview. The findings of the study …
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Stayers: Why teachers stay in London Primary Schools
… school teachers give for staying in challenging inner city London schools. These 'stayers' are unusual in the London teaching workforce where staff turnover is high. The first chapter explores the literature about possible reasons why teachers stay in the profession. It argues that there are …
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Analysis of small learning communities on suburban schools
<p>Students in large schools are getting lost. In a school of over 2300 students, it is very easy for a student, who does not excel academically or athletically or those students who gain attention through negative behavior, to blend into the student body for four years without being noticed. …
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A Comparison and Analysis of Theory and Practice in Regard to Inner-City Art Programs
… written since 1965 regarding art programs for inner-city populations. B. Funds from various agencies have been alloted for art programs in large cities. In public school settings and outside of the public school domain art programs have been implemented. Although single program outcomes appear …
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The effects of speech patterns on listening comprehension
… achievement and the self concepts of students in inner city schools. The subjects for this study were chosen from the third, fourth, and fifth grades of the Lincoln, Longfellow, Blaine, and Garfield public elementary schools of Muncie, Indiana. The experimental group received compensatory …
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AN EXPLORATION OF AFRICAN – AMERICAN MALES AND THE INFLUENCE OF RACE, GENDER AND TEACHER BELIEFS ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS
… high quality teaching in the nation’s public schools. But the question still remains “What makes an effective teacher, particularly of African - American males in an urban environment?” African- American males in public schools are the hardest hit, having the lowest achievement rates on …
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Perceptions of principals' behavior as rated by teachers, students, and principals in the junior high school in Chattanooga, Tennessee
… behavior of principals in selected junior high schools in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Comparisons were based on teachers', students', and principals' responses on the Likert Profile of a School Questionnaire. The responses were analyzed based on measured characteristics of schools, i.e., large …
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Literacy At Transition : An Exploration Of The Continuities And Discontinuities In Literacy Practices Across Secondary Transfer And Their Implications For Literacy Development
… ethnographic case study set in four multiethnic inner city schools, it draws on the research traditions of sociolinguistics and classroom literacy research to look qualitatively at literacy practices in Years 6 and 7 (for pupils aged 10-1 1 and 11-12, hereafter Y6 and Y7). Data collection methods …
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Alternative Teacher Certification: An Investigation To Determine The Effectiveness Of Alternative Teacher Certification In The State of Florida According to Principals' Perspective
… Current literature has identified areas such as inner-city schools, at-risk and minority students, bilingual education, math and physical sciences, and the special education field as the educational areas where the shortage is most significant. Faced with this dilemma, states have instituted ACPs …
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Investigation into the role and impact of learning mentors in primary schools in England
… and falling attainment levels experienced by inner city schools in England. The learning mentor programme, which was part of this initiative, created a new group of educational professionals who were deployed in secondary schools with the mandate to remove barriers to learning in order to …