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Teaching to Strengths: Character Education for Urban Middle School Students, Meghan F. Oppenheimer, Claire Fialkov, Bruce Ecker, and Sanford Portnoy

Teaching to Strengths: Character Education for Urban Middle School Students, Meghan F. Oppenheimer, Claire Fialkov, Bruce Ecker, and Sanford Portnoy

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Silver was referring to the Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, which moved from the East Village to 26 Broadway last year, and the former Greenwich Village Middle School, which moved in this year and became the Lower Manhattan Community Middle School.

The research team — led by professor Jeannette Ickovics, director of CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement) at the School of Public Health — surveyed 1,649 middle - school students randomly selected from a single urban school district in ConnecSchool of Public Health — surveyed 1,649 middle - school students randomly selected from a single urban school district in Connecschool students randomly selected from a single urban school district in Connecschool district in Connecticut.

For example, a recent study conducted in urban middle schools found that there were more similarities than differences in the reading profiles of struggling students from non-English-speaking and English - speaking households, and that low academic vocabulary knowledge, a major component of advanced literacy skills, was a shared source of difficulty.

In the middle of the last decade, in urban communities across America, middle - class and upper - middle - class parents started sending their children to public schools again — schools that for decades had overwhelmingly served poor and (and overwhelmingly minority) populations.

Not for the students of Walden Middle School, an all - black, low - income, urban public school where Associate Professor Meira Levinson taught for several School, an all - black, low - income, urban public school where Associate Professor Meira Levinson taught for several school where Associate Professor Meira Levinson taught for several years.

One outstanding example of NNSP's vision in action is found in Roland Park Country School's (RPCS) commitment to opening an urban charter school for middle school girls in Baltimore inSchool's (RPCS) commitment to opening an urban charter school for middle school girls in Baltimore inschool for middle school girls in Baltimore inschool girls in Baltimore in 2015.

In that time, our approximately 20 teachers will continue to work together to create authentic learning experiences for Baltimore urban middle school students.

He also directed Project Forward Leap, a nonprofit, academic enrichment program for urban, middle - school scholars in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Lancaster Pennsylvania.

TEP focuses on preparing individuals for careers as middle or high school teachers in urban settings.

In urban areas especially, the supply of good schools hasn't nearly kept pace with the demand, and the old standbys for middle - class parents (moving or paying private school tuition) have become less viable options in a «down» economy going through a housing crisis.

Teaching and Curriculum (TAC) is designed for both recent college graduates in the humanities, math, and science, and experienced professionals in the humanities, who are committed to teaching in public middle and high schools in urban environments.

Mid-Career Math and Science (MCMS) is designed exclusively for mid-career professionals in math - and science - related professions who want to teach math and / or science in public middle and high schools in urban contexts.

is an urban adventure program for middle school girls.

Issued in the spring of 1972, the panel's final report predicted that, unless steps were taken, alternatives to public schools would all but disappear; the greatest impact, the report noted, would be felt in «large urban centers, with especially grievous consequences for poor and lower middle - class families in racially changing neighborhoods where the nearby nonpublic school is an indispensable stabilizing factor.»

The students are thriving and EJE has received WASC accreditation for both schools, as well as a National Excellence in Urban Education Gold Award from the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST), California Distinguished School Middle, and the 2015 Seal of Excellence Award from the California Association for Bilingual Education Award.

He has 37 years of experience in urban and suburban public schools settings and has held the positions of deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction, high school principal, and middle school principal.

Through extensive study in the areas of next generation learning, social and emotional learning, wellness, urban planning, Hip - Hop culture, Chicago history, the opportunity gaps that exist among marginalized students, economic mobility, arts education, and the at - risk communities on Chicago's South Side, Art in Motion has a solid research foundation upon which to build an innovative middle and high school that has the potential to change the narrative for many Southside youth.

Mr. Jackson taught science for 10 years before becoming Middle School Principal of Boston Collegiate Charter Public School, a nationally recognized urban sSchool Principal of Boston Collegiate Charter Public School, a nationally recognized urban sSchool, a nationally recognized urban schoolschool.

This study employed data from an urban Pennsylvania school district and affirms the positive and statistically significant relationships between student attendance and academic achievement for both elementary and middle school students.

Ms. Salvia has been working in urban education for 10 years, and began her career in 2006 as a middle school math teacher in Maryland.

When it comes to the urban public school, the location of the school is exceedingly important for how desirable the school is for middle - class parents.

Marleen C. Pugach is a Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where she has been responsible for the preparation of teachers for urban elementary and middle schools since 1986.

Poor and middle - class urban families long ago recognized that education is critical to revitalizing communities and helping their kids be prepared for successful futures in an increasingly knowledge - based economic future — and have long - concluded that traditional public education practices such as zoned schooling and ability tracking no longer work (if they ever did in the first place).

In a high - poverty, urban middle school in Mississippi, the principal has partnered with local businesses to develop a community garden that students work in to grow fresh vegetables they can take home — and good deeds can earn them credit for supplies at the school store.

Canton Middle School, like too many urban schools, had been held hostage for decades — by tradition, central authority, low expectations, and ineffective leadership.

6th - grade English Language Arts Teacher at Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration, New York, New York

Encourage the National Center for Education Statistics to collect data on teacher recruitment and retention that would allow for a comparative analysis of the teacher shortage in states and districts by school level (elementary, middle, high); subject area; geographic region (rural, suburban, urban); gender; and race.

And, «programs for the urban poor... stoke resentment and reinforce stereotypes among middle class taxpayers while enriching out - of - town owners and Wall Street investors of the for - profit housing industry, charter schools and development agencies while at the same time creating and sustaining a local class of often anti-union not - for - profit advocates.»

Mr. Conley has 20 years of experience in urban education, and has been deeply involved in classroom teaching, school leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 mischool leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 miSchool District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 million.

Neighborhood characteristics outside of Wilson HS may also be less important as students travel farther as they grow older: the median travel time is 6 minutes for a kindergartener, 9 minutes for a middle school student, and 13 minutes for a high school student (Urban Institute Student Transportation Working Group, 2018).

Academy of Notre Dame Algonquin Regional High School Annie Sullivan Middle School Another Course to College Ansin Religious School Arlington High School Ashland High School Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School Auburn High School Austin Preparatory School Baker School Beacon Academy Beaver Country Day School Belmont Day School Belmont High School Belmont Hill School Bernard Mcnally Beverly High School Bigelow Middle School Bishop Fenwick High School Blessed Sacrament School Boston Adult Technical Academy Boston Arts Academy Boston College Boston College High School Boston Community Leadership Academy Boston Latin Academy Boston Latin School Boston Middle School Academy Boston Preparatory Charter Public School Boston Public Schools Boston's Jewish Community Day School Brandeis Jewish Education Program Bridgewater Raynham Regional High School Brighton High School Brimmer and May School Briscoe Middle School Broad Meadows Middle School Brook Farm Business and Service Career Academy Brookline High School Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Burlington High School Burlington Middle School Cambridge Family and Children's Service Cambridge Friends School Cambridge Montessori School Cambridge Public Schools Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Cambridge School of Weston Cameron Middle School Cathedral High School (Boston) Cathedral High School (Springfield) Center for Collaborative Education Central Catholic High School (Lawrence) Central Tree Middle School Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall School Charlestown High School Chatham High School Chelsea High School City On A Hill Charter High School Codman Academy Charter Public School Cohen Hillel Academy Community Academy of Science and Health Concord Carlisle High School Concord Middle School Congregation Beth El Congregation Beth Israel Hebrew School Congregation B'nai Shalom Congregation Shalom Curley K - 8 School Curry College Dana Hall School Dean Junior College Dearborn Middle School Dedham Country Day School Derby Academy Diploma Plus Commonwealth Corporation Dorchester Academy Dorchester Community Center for the Visual Arts Dorchester Youth Alternative Academy Dorshei Tzedek Religious School Douglas High School Dover - Sherborn High School Driscoll School Duxbury High School East Boston Catholic East Boston High School East Bridgewater Gordon Mitchel Middle School Easton Junior High School Edgartown School Edison K - 8 School Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers Edwards Middle School Elizabeth Seton Academy English High School Excel High School F.A. Day Middle School Fay School Fayerweather Street School Fenn School Fenway High School Fessenden School Fitchburg High School Fletcher Maynard Academy Framingham High School Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School Frederick Douglass Charter School Full Circle High School Fuller Middle School Galvin Middle School (Canton, MA) Galvin Middle School (Wakefield, MA) Gann Academy: The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston Gateway Regional High School Goss II Secure Treatment DYS Graham and Parks School Greater Egleston Community High School Grover Cleveland Middle School Hamilton - Wenham Regional High School Hanson Middle School Harbor School Harvard Graduate School of Education Harwich High School Heath School Heritage Academy Hernandez K - 8 School Higgenson / Lewis K - 8 School Hillside Treatment Program Holy Name Parish School Hopkinton High School Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Hudson High School Hyde Park High School Immaculate Conception School Immaculate Conception School (Newburyport) Inly School International School of Boston Ipswich High School Ipswich Middle School Jackson Mann K - 8 School Jeremiah E. Burke High School John F. Kennedy Middle School (Natick) Josiah Quincy Upper School (Washington St) Kilmer K - 8 Upper School King Middle School (Dorchester) Knesset Israel Hebrew School Lawrence Public Schools Lawrence School (Brookline) Lesley College Lexington High School Lexington Montessori School Lilla Frederick Pilot Middle School Lillian Kessel Religious School at Temple Emanuel Lincoln School (Brookline) Lincoln School (Lincoln) Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School Littleton High School Lowell High School Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School Lyndon Pilot School (West Roxbury) Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Maimonides High School Malden High School Marblehead Middle School Marblehead Public Schools Marlborough High School Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Martin Luther King Open School Mary Lyon School Massachusetts Department of Corrections MATCH School Matignon High School McCall Middle School McCormack Middle School McKay K - 8 School McKinley Middle School McKinley South End Academy Medford High School Media Communications Technology High School Melrose Junior High School Meridian Academy Middlesex Community College Mildred Avenue School Miles River Middle School Milton Academy Mission Hill School Mitchell Middle School Monument High School Mother Caroline Academy Mount Alvernia Elementary School Mount Alvernia High School Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Nashoba Brooks School of Concord Nashoba Valley Technical High School (Westford) Nauset Regional High School Needham High School New Mission High School Newton Country Day School Newton North High School Noble & Greenough School North Shore Christian School North Shore Community College Northbridge Middle School Northeastern University Norwell High School Notre Dame Academy (Hingham) Oak Hill Middle School O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science Office of Curriculum and Instruction Ottoson Middle School Our Lady of Perpetual Help / Mission Grammar School Parkway Academy of Technology and Health Pathfinder Regional High School Pembroke Community Middle School Phillips Academy Andover Pierce School Pike School Plymouth South Middle School Pollard Middle School Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy (Neponset, Lower Mills, Columbia, and Mattapan) Prospect Hill Charter Academy Prozdor Hebrew College Public Service And Civic Engagement Academy (Lowell High School) Quincy Public Schools Randolph High School Reading Memorial High School River Valley Charter School Rogers Middle School (Hyde Park) Roxbury Latin Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Runkle School Sacred Heart School Saint Agatha School Sarah Greenwood K - 8 School Shady Hill School Sharon High School Sharon Middle School Shore Country Day School Shrewsbury Middle School Snowden International High School Social Justice Academy Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston Somerset High School Somerville High School South Area Solomon Schechter Day School South Boston Catholic Academy St. Brendan's School (Dorcester) St. Columbkille School St. John's Preparatory School St. John School St. Mary of the Assumption School (Brookline) St. Patrick School St. Paul's Catholic Church St. Peter Academy (South Boston) St. Theresa St. Thomas Aquinas High School Stoneham High School Striar Hebrew Academy Swampscott High School TechBoston Academy TechBoston Lower Academy Temple Beth David Religious School Temple Beth Shalom Temple Emanu - El Temple Etz Chaim Temple Isaiah Temple Israel Temple Israel Religious School Temple Sinai The Accelerated Learning Laboratory The Carroll School The Engineering School The Governor's Academy The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University The Meadowbrook School of Weston The New Boston Pilot Middle School The Park School (MA) The Rashi School, the Boston Area Reform Jewish Day School The Rivers School Thomas Blake Middle School Thurston Middle School Timilty Middle School Tobin K - 8 School Trinity Catholic Academy Tufts University Umana Middle School Academy University of Massachusetts, Boston College of Community Service University Park Campus School Urban Science Academy Ursuline Academy Waltham High School Washington Irving Middle School Watertown High School Watertown Middle School Wayland Middle School Wellesley Middle School Wentworth Institute of Technology Westborough High School Weston Middle School WGBH Whitman Middle School Whitman - Hanson Regional High School Wilbraham & Monson Academy Wilmington High School Wilson Middle School (Natick) Winsor School Winthrop High School Worcester North High School Worker Education Program Young Achievers Science and Math K - 8 School

1 We consulted the following educators by e-mail and telephone: Jacqueline Ancess, Codirector, National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and founding Principal of Manhattan East Middle School, New York, NY; Sanda Balaban, Autonomy Zone Liaison for New York City Department of Education and Coordinator of Homework Audit for New Mission High School, Roxbury, MA; Avram Barlowe, history teacher, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Ann Cook, Codirector, Urban Academy, and Cochair, New York Performance Standards Consortium, New York, NY; Cecelia Cunningham, Director of Middle College National Consortium and former Principal of Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY; Herb Mack, Codirector, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar, New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, and founding Principal of Central Park East Elementary and Secondary Schools, New York, NY, and Mission Hill School, Boston, MA; Marian Mogulescu, education consultant and former Codirector of Vanguard High School, New York, NY; and Sylvia Rabiner, Project Manager, the Institute for Student Achievement, and founding Principal of Landmark High School, New York, NY.

Urban Assembly Gateway for Technology graduates Venetia Boyce and Federico Leyva, who are headed to college with near - full scholarships, say they chose the small school after feeling lost in a big middle school.

Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School is seeking a middle school Math Teacher for the 2018 - 2019 schoolSchool is seeking a middle school Math Teacher for the 2018 - 2019 schoolschool Math Teacher for the 2018 - 2019 schoolschool year!

The results for Oakland middle schools in order of overall index: Hillcrest, Edna Brewer, Urban Promise (a small school), and LIFE middle school (a small school).

We prepare to be a highly effective and compassionate teacher, especially for urban and diverse elementary, middle or high school classrooms or wherever you choose to begin your career.

This book reports on key elements of success at six urban middle - grades school districts that are part of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Program for Student Achievement.

For example, the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) is an innovative partnership between ESE, Springfield Public Schools (the state's second largest urban school district), and a number of key school turnaround partners and organizations, all focused on turning around nine struggling middle sSchools (the state's second largest urban school district), and a number of key school turnaround partners and organizations, all focused on turning around nine struggling middle schoolsschools.

She served as principal of Norwood High School, a small Appalachian urban school district in the middle of Cincinnati, for five School, a small Appalachian urban school district in the middle of Cincinnati, for five school district in the middle of Cincinnati, for five years.

In the summer of 2014, UChicago Impact, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Academy for Urban School Leadership, and the Lefkofsky Family Foundation teamed up to launch the Success Project, an initiative designed to support certain Chicago Public Schools in preparing more middle grades students for high sSchool Leadership, and the Lefkofsky Family Foundation teamed up to launch the Success Project, an initiative designed to support certain Chicago Public Schools in preparing more middle grades students for high schoolschool.

For example, a meta - analysis of school - based and afterschool SEL programs found that participation improved elementary and middle school students» test scores by an average of 11 to 17 percentile points, decreased conduct problems, and increased students» problem - solving skills.17 Similarly, a meta - analysis of school - based SEL programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade found that participation improved students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, reduced their anxiety and stress, and increased their prosocial behavior.18 These programs were successful in all geographic locations, including urban, suburban, and rural school environmentsFor example, a meta - analysis of school - based and afterschool SEL programs found that participation improved elementary and middle school students» test scores by an average of 11 to 17 percentile points, decreased conduct problems, and increased students» problem - solving skills.17 Similarly, a meta - analysis of school - based SEL programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade found that participation improved students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, reduced their anxiety and stress, and increased their prosocial behavior.18 These programs were successful in all geographic locations, including urban, suburban, and rural school environmentsfor students in kindergarten through 12th grade found that participation improved students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, reduced their anxiety and stress, and increased their prosocial behavior.18 These programs were successful in all geographic locations, including urban, suburban, and rural school environments.19

In one urban middle school, conversations about improving student achievement focused mostly on sending «bubble kids» (whose results fell just below cut scores for proficiency levels) to tutoring or after - school programs (Horn, Kane, & Wilson, 2015).

Pitler served for 19 years as an elementary and middle school principal in an urban setting.

And for middle school executive director Vandergaw, the push for purpose is creating pathways to more equitable education, critical in her increasingly diverse urban district.

Designed for middle school students, Urban Trailblazers is a Parks Conservancy / Crissy Field Center program that introduces diverse youth to the outdoors through hands - on restoration projects, environmental lessons, and excursions across our national parks.

On a given day in Tokyo, the diverse array of people using bicycles here in this urban sprawl of 30 million souls includes: the middle - aged salary man riding to work on his fold - up bike in his business suit every day; the trendy adolescent skipping off to do some window shopping; the stay - at - home mother dropping not one, but two kids off at school; the pack of old men determined not to be late for their morning gate - ball contest; and, the serious cyclist kitted out in tight lycra and a fancy water - bottle pouch.

Britton conducted a RCT in a private independent school comparing a mindfulness meditation class with an active control (n = 101), finding that mindfulness was associated with reductions in thoughts of self - harm.35 A recent trial of a mindfulness program compared with a social responsibility control in a mostly middle - class population showed that mindfulness led to positive outcomes in psychological symptoms, cognitive control, interpersonal outcomes, and stress physiology.36 Although these findings are promising, little information is available on mindfulness instruction for low - income, urban, minority populations.

Summary: Share the secrets for success of principals in seven high - achieving, high - poverty urban middle level schools.