Obstacles to urban school renewal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4255540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Warren E Bell (University of Oregon, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 65-72 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Into Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5841 • E-ISSN: 1527-2532 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00405847909542813 |
| OpenAlex | W2036808340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
1. highest percentage of racial and cultural minorities, 2. highest degree of teacher turnover, 3. largest number of teacher substitute needs, 4. highest incidence of gang violence, 5. highest degree of administrative turnover, 6. highest number of inexperienced, nontenured teachers, 7. greatest needs in terms of building maintenance and materials, 8. lowest achievement scores, especially in reading skills, 9. highest percentage of minority teachers, 10. greatest number of serious discipline disruptions, 11. greatest need in terms of health and social services, 12. highest dropout rates, 13. greatest number of older buildings and outdated equipment, 14. greatest need for financial funds for compensatory aid, 15. greatest distance regarding social distance between parents and teachers, 16. highest percentage of provisionally certified teachers, 17. highest percentage of over-age children per grade, 18. greatest problems regarding attendance, truancy and transient rates.1 That's right! All eighteen statements depict the state of affairs in urban schools. In fact, according to Lightfoot (1978) a majority of those conditions exist in more than 50 percent of urban schools in the United States. As the above list indicates, the conditions in which urban school people work are extreme. The problems they face are overwhelming. Many seem to defy solution. And all present challenges to the consultant working in urban schools. It would require numerous pages to examine the range and nature of problems facing urban schools. That is not the purpose of this paper. That examination has been done quite adequately by others, notably, Lightfoot, 1978 and 1972; Hummel and Nagle, 1973; Rist, 1973; Kruszynski, 1970; Brickman and Lehrer, 1972; and Vairo and Perel, 1969. The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the special conditions of urban schools that operate as barriers to renewal and present perplexing difficulties for renewal
Attendance · Credential · Criminology · Demographic economics · Political science · Sociology · Truancy · Demography · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1983 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |