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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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Irby, Decoteau J. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2013
This study presents findings from an ethnographic content analysis of 15 chronological district-wide annual codes of student conduct from a large urban US school district. I frame policy creation and modification processes as reflections of societal shifts in perceptions of student behaviors. I looked to the policy documents to explore the…
Descriptors: Discipline, School Districts, Urban Schools, Discipline Policy
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Carter, Julie H.; Keiler, Leslie S. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2009
In this study we explore the experiences of new teachers in urban schools at the intersection of three major policy agendas--alternative certification, new teacher retention, and the small schools movement. We examine alternatively certified teachers' perceptions of the rewards and challenges of teaching in small schools, the support neophyte…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Small Schools, Teacher Persistence, Rewards
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de Jong, Ester J. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
Few studies have focused on practitioners' perspectives on and interpretations of official language policies in schools and how such policies shape their practices. Teachers are an integral part of the process of policy appropriations that occur within and across policy levels (state, district, school, and teacher). Through interviews with…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Official Languages, Language Planning, Teacher Attitudes