Urban Education Resources

Compiled in November 2006 by Amy Wilson, Department of Teacher Preparation, School of Education
Links and search suggestions added by Andi Bartelstein, Librarian for Education and Counseling

General Websites and Journals | Achievement Gap | Baltimore and Maryland | Change/Reform Resources | Charter Schools and Vouchers | Classroom Management | Urban Pedagogy | Urban Teachers

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General Urban Websites and Journals

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform. http://www.crosscity.org/who_we_are/index.html

Council of the Great City Schools. http://www.cgcs.org/

Urban Education. Sage Publications Journal.

Education and Urban Society. Sage Publications Journal.

Achievement Gap

National Study Group for the Affirmative Development of Academic Ability (2004). All Students Reaching the Top: Strategies for Closing Academic Achievement Gaps. Washington D.C.: Learning Point Associates.

Smith, A. (2005). Equity Within Reach: Insights from the Front Lines of America’s Achievement Gap. New York: Teach for America.

Find more about the achievement gap:

• Search the JHU Libraries Catalog for academic achievement as subject keywords
• Search the ERIC database for achievement gap as keywords (Tip: Also try academic achievement as a subject descriptor alone or in combination with other terms of interest)
• See more education databases to search

Baltimore and Maryland

Baltimore’s "New" Middle Schools: Do KIPP and Crossroads Offer Solutions to the City’s Poorly-Performing Middle Schools (2006). Baltimore: Abell Foundation.

September 2005 Report (2005). Governor’s Commission on Quality Education in Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Government.

MacIver, M.A.,  Katz, G., Vaughn, E.S. (2006). A Teacher for Every Classroom: New Teachers in the Baltimore City Public Schools, 1999 – 2005. Baltimore: Abell Foundation.

Find more about Baltimore and Maryland:

• Search the ERIC database for Baltimore or Maryland as identifiers (specific terms describing the subject of a publication)  Tip: Narrow your search by clicking on the suggestions in the yellow area to the left of your search results
• Search the Baltimore Sun archive, 1990-present
• See more education databases to search

Change/Reform Resources

Annenberg Institute for School Reform. http://www.annenberginstitute.org/

Anderson, B. (1993). The Stages of Systemic Change. Educational Leadership, 51 (1), 14-17.

Brady, M. (2006). Bucking Conventional Wisdom. The School Administrator, 63 (8), 34-8.

CSRQ Center Report on Elementary School Comprehensive School Reform Models (2006). Washington D.C.: Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center.

Desimone, L. (2000). The Role of Teachers in Urban School Reform. ERIC/CUE Digest Number 154 (ED442912).

Grady, M., Rothman, R., Smith, H. (2006). Engaging Cities: How Municipal Leaders Can Mobilize Communities to Improve Public Schools. Providence, R.I.: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University.

Hess, F. (1999). Spinning Wheels: The Politics of Urban School Reform. Washington DC: Brookings Institution.

Kelly, B. (2006) Staying Power: Teach for America Alumni in Public Education. Washington DC: Education Sector.

Marsh, J.A., Kerr, K.A., Ikemoto, G.S, Darilek, H., Suttorp, M., Zimmer, R.W. & Barney, H. (2005). The Role of Districts in Fostering Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning. Arlington, VA: RAND Corporation.

Mendez-Morse, S. (1992). Leadership Characteristics that Facilitate School Change. Austin, TX: Southeast Educational Development Laboratory.

Smith, L. (2001). Can Schools Really Change? Education Week, 20 (21), 30, 32-33.

Useem, E.L., Christman, J.B., Gold, E. & Simon, E. (1997). Reforming Alone: Barriers to Organizational Learning in Urban School Change Initiatives. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2 (1), 55-78.

Find more about school reform:

• Browse subject headings in the JHU Libraries Catalog:
• • Educational change
  • School improvement programs
• Search the ERIC database for educational change as a subject descriptor (Tip: Narrow your search by clicking on the suggestions in the yellow area to the left of your search results and/or by adding terms to your search)
• See more education databases to search

Charter Schools and Vouchers

Harris, D.N., Herrington, C.D., Albee, A. (2006). The Future of Vouchers: Lessons from the Adoptions, Design, and Court Challenges of Three Voucher Programs in Florida. In press, Educational Policy.

Hassel, B.C. & Terrell, M.G. (2006). Charter School Achievement: What We Know (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Labbe, T. & Haynes, V.D. (2006). Most Charter Schools Miss Test Benchmarks. The Washington Post (Sept. 27, 2006).

Mead, S. (2006). Maintenance Required: Charter Schooling in Michigan. Washington D.C.: Education Sector.

Find more about charter schools and vouchers:

• Browse subject headings in the JHU Libraries Catalog:
• • Charter schools
  • Educational vouchers
  • School choice
•  Search the ERIC database for charter schools or educational vouchers as a subject descriptor (Tip: Narrow your search by clicking on the suggestions in the yellow area to the left of your search results and/or by adding terms to your search)
• See more education databases to search

Classroom Management

Brown, D.F. (2003). Urban Teachers’ Use of Culturally Responsive Management Strategies. Theory into Practice, 42 (4), 277-282.

Brown, D.F. (2004). Urban Teachers’ Professed Classroom Management Strategies: Reflections of Culturally Responsive Teaching. Urban Education, 39(3), 266–289.

Curwin, R.L. & Mendler, A.N. (1999). Discipline with Dignity. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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Matus, D.E. (1999). Humanism and Effective Urban Secondary Classroom Management. The Clearing House, 72 (5), 305-307.

Matus, D.E. (2001). Traditional Classroom Management Revisited in the Urban School. American Secondary Education, 30 (1), 46-57.

Weiner, L. (2003). Why Is Classroom Management So Vexing to Urban Teachers? Theory into Practice, 42 (4), 305-312

Find more about classroom management:

• Browse subject headings in the JHU Libraries Catalog:
• • Classroom management
• Search the ERIC database for classroom techniques and urban together as subject descriptors (Tip: Narrow your search by clicking on the suggestions in the yellow area to the left of your search results and/or by adding terms to your search)
• See more education databases to search

Urban Pedagogy

Education Alliance. Brown University. Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/tl-strategies/crt-principles.shtml

Black, S. (2006). Respecting Differences. American School Board Journal, 193 (1), 34-36.

Brookhart, S.M. & Rusnak, T.G. (1993). A Pedagogy of Enrichment, Not Poverty: Successful Lessons of Exemplary Urban Teachers. Journal of Teacher Education, 44(1), 17-26.
This issue is not available online at JHU but is held in print.  View the JHU Libraries catalog record for this journal.

Delpit, L.  (2006). Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom.  New York: W.W. Norton and Co.
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Delpit. L. (2002). The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom. New York: The New Press.
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Fortune, A. (2005). Summer Learning Opportunities in High-Poverty Schools. Washington DC: Council of Chief State School Officers.

Foster, M.  (1998). Black Teachers on Teaching.  New York: The New Press.
(On order for Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Dec. 2006)
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Haberman, M. (1991). The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching. Phi Delta Kappan, 73 (4), 290 – 294.
This issue is not available online at JHU but is held in print.  View the JHU Libraries catalog record for this journal.

Ladson-Billings, G. (1995). Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.  American Educational Research Journal, 32 (3), 465-491.

Ladson-Billings, G.  (1995). But That’s Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.  Theory into Practice, 34 (3),159-164.

Peterson, K.D., Bennet, B., Sherman, D.F. (1991). Themes of Uncommonly Successful Teachers of At-Risk Students. Urban Education, 26(2), 176-194.
This issue is not available online at JHU but is held in print.  View the JHU Libraries catalog record for this journal.

Stanford, G.C. (1997).  Successful Pedagogy in Urban Schools:  Perspectives of Four African-American Teachers. Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk, 2 (2), 107-119.

Teel, K.M., Debruin-Parecki, A., Covington, M.V. (1998). Teaching Strategies That Motivate and Honor Inner-City African-American Students: A School/University Collaboration.  Teaching and Teacher Education, 14 (5), 479-495.
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10.1016/S0742-051X(98)00001-8 
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Weiner, L.  (2006). Urban Teaching: The Essentials. Rev. ed. New York: Teachers College Press.
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Williams, B. & Newcombe, E. (1994).  Building on the Strengths of Urban Learners.  Educational Leadership, 51 (8), 75 - 78.

Find more about urban pedagogy:

• Search the JHU Libraries Catalog for urban education and teaching as subject keywords
• Search the ERIC database for:
• • teaching methods and urban as subject descriptor
  • culturally relevant education and urban as subject descriptors
• See more education databases to search
  

Urban Teachers

Chou, V. & Tozer, S.E. What’s Urban Got To Do With It: The Meaning of “Urban” in Urban Teacher Preparation and Development. Unpublished manuscript.

Guin, K. (2004) Chronic Teacher Turnover in Urban Elementary Schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12 (42). Retrieved November 9, 2006 from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n42/ .

Haberman, M. (1992). The Ideology of Star Teachers of Children in Poverty. Educational Horizons, 70 (3), 125 – 129.
This issue is not available online at JHU but is held in print.  View the JHU Libraries catalog record for this journal.

Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African-American Children. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.
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Ladson-Billings, G. (2001). Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.
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Levin, J. & Quinn, M. (2003). Missed Opportunities: How We Keep High-Quality Teachers Out of Urban Classrooms. New York: The New Teacher Project.

Find more about urban teachers:

• Search the JHU Libraries Catalog:
• • Do a subject keyword search for urban and teachers
  • Do a subject keyword search for urban education and case studies
• Search the ERIC database for:
• • urban teaching as a subject descriptor
  • teachers and urban as subject descriptors
• See more education databases to search