We recently had the opportunity to sit down with her to learn more about program she designed and the issues
facing urban educators today:
Not exact matches
Educators across the country are
faced with ethical dilemmas every day and, as one teacher shares in her first year teaching at a large
urban school, they don't always know how to respond.
In spite of all the challenges that they
face, when given the support and the resources,
urban educators are producing good results, especially in our elementary schools.
Educators in Detroit's public school system
face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among
urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in poverty.
This course addresses the many issues
facing educators in high - poverty
urban schools.
With an ever - widening achievement gap,
urban educators face much different challenges in the classroom than suburban or rural teachers.
Our city's
educators and education advocates have worked tirelessly in years past to address the issues
faced by our
urban communities, yet teacher burn - out persists, and public schools stand vacant as teachers and families leave our city in droves.
Putting aside why Jumoke, the charter school management company that was hired to take over and run the Dunbar elementary school is looking for four new teachers, over a month into the new school year, the job posting announces that the charter school company wants
educators who will «sweat the small stuff» and are committed to «embracing the challenges
facing urban schools with a mantra of «No Excuses» and a willingness to do «Whatever it takes.
Educators in California's rural schools
face challenges that are different but just as daunting as those of their
urban counterparts.