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ERIC Number: EJ514296
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
Life in the Bricks.
Bruckerhoff, Charles
Urban Education, v30 n3 p317-36 Oct 1995
Focusing on the efforts of seven teachers involved in a mathematics curriculum reform program in three housing projects ("The Bricks") in Cleveland (Ohio), this article examines the contexts of reform. Cultural conflicts between students and teachers and barriers to full teacher commitment to reform hampered project implementation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Housing, Intermediate Grades, Low Income Groups, Mathematics, Program Implementation, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Chicago Public Schools IL; Reform Efforts
Note: Research sponsored by the Cleveland Education Fund and the National Science Foundation.