Yes we can! : improving urban schools through innovative education reform

• Other Authors: Howell, Leanne (Editor), Lewis, Chance W. (Editor), Carter, Norvella (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2011]
• Subjects: Urban schools > United States.; Education, Urban > United States.; Educational change > United States.; School improvement programs > United States.; Education > Urban.; Educational strategies and policy.; Education.; Urban communities.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615803
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-637-7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrations

Yes We Can: Improving Urban Schools through Innovative Educational Reform is a empirically-based book on urban education reform to not only proclaim that hope is alive for urban schools, but to also produce a body of literature that examines current practices and then offer practical implications fo...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue: Hope is alive! Envisioning the future possibilities of urban schools / Leanne L. Howell and Chance W. Lewis
• Part I. Environments of urban school reform
• Section 1. Traditional and charter school settings: Success and sustainable change
• Chapter 1. Yes we can-even in detroit: Quality education, high academic achievement, and service-learning / Robert W. Simmons III and Robert D. Carpenter
• Chapter 2. Texarkana independent school district: Blazing a trail for urban learners / Molly S. Taylor
• Section 2. Urban community initiatives and support structures
• Chapter 3. Examining influences on African American high school students' mathematics achievement / Lamont A. Flowers and Tiffany A. Flowers
• Chapter 4. Mental health delivery in urban schools: It takes a village to empower a child / Jamilia Blake, Collette Nero, and Concepcion M. Rodriguez
• Part II. Empowering urban students and transforming their schools
• Section 1. Teachers' roles in urban school settings
• Chapter 5. Deconstructing teacher bias: Exploring attributional bias in urban elementary schools / Stephen D. Hancock and Tehia V. Starker
• Chapter 6. Going beyond parental involvement: Parent perceptions of teacher support and its influence on the achievement outcomes of urban African American high school adolescents / DeMarquis Hayes
• Section 2. Culturally responsive pedagogies and curriculum for urban school reform
• Chapter 7. Beyond lip service: Engaging young African American men in a single-gender urban school / Ryan Vernosh and Julie Landsman
• Chapter 8. Montessori: Education for life / Michelle J. Moody and Ginny Riga
• Chapter 9. Making a case to learn: Linking emphasis on the achievement and reporting needs of African American females on nape test results / Patricia J. Larke, Jemima L. Young, and Jamaal Young
• Section 3. Policies, politics, and urban school reform
• Chapter 10. A closer look at media influences, identity formation, and educational policy: Implications for African American male students / Meredith B. Walker and Bettie Ray Butler
• Chapter 11. Two steps forward, one step back: A brief fifty-year overview of educational finance, politics and policy influencing urban districts, schools and students / Augustina Ozano and Anthony Rolle
• Epilogue: Capitalizing on our inspiration of hope to make sustainable reform in urban schools / Leanne L. Howell and Chance W. Lewis
• About the editors about the authors.