Add to ORKGAn effective urban literacy teacher is one who can weather the storm of change. Remaining committed to one’s students despite the challenges that an urban environment brings is a key element in facilitating student literacy improvement. In this article we present a case study of one teacher who participated in our three year professional development initiative to improve literacy practices in urban schools. We discuss the qualities that she possessed that helped her to persist through the pains of change to impact student learning, and how these qualities should be fostered in urban school teachers to improve achievement
Given the vast range of diversity among children’s backgrounds and needs, literacy educators must co...
This year-long study focused on three first-year teachers-in order to examine how they adjusted to t...
A major challenge in the educational system today is improving the quality of instruction for urban ...
Although national trends of urban adolescent reading underachievement suggest that schools are unabl...
This article describes the personal and professional changes experienced by a teacher education facu...
The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed example of effective professional development f...
How does an urban district become a twice-nominated candidate by the Broad Foundation? In a district...
This is a single case study of an excellent teacher of literacy in an urban school. The study exami...
In order to systemically improve student achievement in elementary literacy, a large urban school di...
Background: Literacy remains an ongoing concern in urban schools. As a result of this literacy oppor...
From my perspective, there is no issue more important to improving urban education—particularly the ...
Background: According to Orphanos and Orr (2013), principals who invest in understanding the literac...
This case study focused on a new teacher and the transitions he experienced in progressing from a te...
To establish the grounds for successful cultural change, within a large urban middle school, members...
With the literacy achievement gap growing, particularly in urban schools, many teachers are missing ...
Given the vast range of diversity among children’s backgrounds and needs, literacy educators must co...
This year-long study focused on three first-year teachers-in order to examine how they adjusted to t...
A major challenge in the educational system today is improving the quality of instruction for urban ...
Although national trends of urban adolescent reading underachievement suggest that schools are unabl...
This article describes the personal and professional changes experienced by a teacher education facu...
The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed example of effective professional development f...
How does an urban district become a twice-nominated candidate by the Broad Foundation? In a district...
This is a single case study of an excellent teacher of literacy in an urban school. The study exami...
In order to systemically improve student achievement in elementary literacy, a large urban school di...
Background: Literacy remains an ongoing concern in urban schools. As a result of this literacy oppor...
From my perspective, there is no issue more important to improving urban education—particularly the ...
Background: According to Orphanos and Orr (2013), principals who invest in understanding the literac...
This case study focused on a new teacher and the transitions he experienced in progressing from a te...
To establish the grounds for successful cultural change, within a large urban middle school, members...
With the literacy achievement gap growing, particularly in urban schools, many teachers are missing ...
Given the vast range of diversity among children’s backgrounds and needs, literacy educators must co...
This year-long study focused on three first-year teachers-in order to examine how they adjusted to t...
A major challenge in the educational system today is improving the quality of instruction for urban ...