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Remarks On The Occasion Of The Renaming Of The Robert M. Bell Center For Civil Rights In Education At Morgan State University, Larry S. Gibson
Remarks On The Occasion Of The Renaming Of The Robert M. Bell Center For Civil Rights In Education At Morgan State University, Larry S. Gibson
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Remarks presented at the April 28th event honoring Maryland Chief Judge Robert M. Bell and the naming of the Morgan State University’s Center for Civil Rights in Education for the Judge.
Students Schooling Students: Gaining Professional Benefits While Helping Urban High School Students Achieve Success, Susan P. Leviton, Justin A. Browne
Students Schooling Students: Gaining Professional Benefits While Helping Urban High School Students Achieve Success, Susan P. Leviton, Justin A. Browne
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This article looks at the educational plight of urban low income children and explores the opportunities for success that small urban high schools provide. It then distills commonalities among successful small schools to demonstrate three central points: 1) that small is essential but not sufficient; 2) that small schools offer an opportunity for urban school districts to help improve educational opportunities for disadvantaged students by providing a fertile environment where individualized instruction, more class time, better-trained teachers, and a curriculum that prepares students psychologically and emotionally, as well as intellectually can help them overcome the adverse effects of poverty; and …