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Milner, H. Richard, IV – Harvard Education Press, 2010
"Start Where You Are, But Don't Stay There" addresses a crucial issue in teacher training and professional education: the need to prepare pre-service and in-service teachers for the racially diverse student populations in their classrooms. A down-to-earth book, it aims to help practitioners develop insights and skills for successfully educating…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Educational Change, Case Studies, Professional Education
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Weisman, Evelyn Marino; Hansen, Laurie E. – Urban Education, 2008
This study employed interviews with 10 bilingual Latino preservice teachers to explore their experiences with schooling and their observations while student teaching in suburban and urban schools. Findings reveal that participants' life experiences and unique responses to cultural conflicts influenced their ability to relate to Latino students and…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools
Shodavaram, Mary P.; Jones, Lisa A.; Weaver, Laurie R.; Marquez, Judith A.; Ensle, Anne L. – Multicultural Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine suburban high school teachers' beliefs about non-European ancestry immigrant students; more specifically, suburban teachers' beliefs regarding the impact of students' cultural backgrounds on academic performance were examined. Non-European ancestry immigrant students are those students whose ancestral…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Likert Scales, Secondary School Teachers, Immigrants
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Hanushek, Eric A.; Rivkin, Steven G. – Future of Children, 2007
Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin examine how salary and working conditions affect the quality of instruction in the classroom. The wages of teachers relative to those of other college graduates have fallen steadily since 1940. Today, average wages differ little, however, between urban and suburban districts. In some metropolitan areas urban…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Salaries, Student Problems