Yes we can! : improving urban schools through innovative education reform / edited by Leanne L. Howell (Baylor University), Chance W. Lewis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), and Norvella Carter (Texas A&M University).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howell, Leanne, editor.

Lewis, Chance W., editor.

Carter, Norvella, editor.

Series:

Contemporary Perspectives on Access, Equity, and Achievement

Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban schools--United States.

Urban schools.

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., Inc., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 for all involved in this arduous task. This book is filled with real-world strategies to implement in your quest to inspire and bring about reform. Additionally, we hope that you garner hope from the school personnel, school campuses, and school resources used as examples within the body of this work.We offer this book to all stakeholders who find themselves associated with urban schools: teachers, administrators, parents and even students. Consider this book an empirically based roadmap as you consider being a part of this transformation. We hope that it not only inspire you to adopt the"Yes We Can" spirit, but also empower you to be the beacon of light for urban students whose very future relies on people like you to keep the torch alive.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781617356377

1617356379