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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sampson, Pauline M.; Gresham, Gloria; Leigh, Melissa M.; McCormick-Myers, Denice – Teacher Education and Practice, 2014
Controversy surrounds the issue of single-gender education, with advocates debating that the initiative decreases discrimination, improves educational experiences for males and females, and provides parents more choice. Opponents argue that single-gender education is a form of segregation and negates the gains that women have achieved in the area…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Single Sex Classes, Science Education, Classroom Environment
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Ilieva, Vessela – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
This qualitative study examined the experiences of three eighth-grade prealgebra teachers as they planned student sensitive lessons for their ethnoculturally diverse students. The teachers worked in a lesson study group with a diversity consultant, an ESL (English as a second language) teacher who had a variety of multicultural experiences from…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Reyes, Cynthia; Bishop, Penny A. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2005
The current discourse in teacher preparation emphasizes the critical need for teachers to work in multicultural settings. The unique challenges inherent in preparing teachers at a predominantly White institution to teach in diverse classrooms include the critical examination of teacher candidates' White privilege, instructor readiness, and access…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Cultural Pluralism