Taking Care of Business: A Strong Work Ethic Keeps Three Top Students at "Jeff" Moving toward Their Goals Despite the Tribulations of Their Struggling Urban High School.

Autor/inn/en	Sherman, Lee; Norman, Shawntena; Franklin, Lamar; Arigbon, Bayo; Kulak, Andrew
Titel	Taking Care of Business: A Strong Work Ethic Keeps Three Top Students at "Jeff" Moving toward Their Goals Despite the Tribulations of Their Struggling Urban High School.
Quelle	In: Northwest Education, 8 (2002) 1, S.46-51Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academic Persistence; Administrator Role; Grade 10; High School Students; High Schools; Interviews; Minority Groups; Principals; School Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Expectations of Students; Teacher Student Relationship; Urban Schools; Oregon (Portland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnische Minderheit; Principal; Schulleiter; Schuleffizienz; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	An interview with three top students and an English teacher at a troubled urban high school in Portland (Oregon) yields interesting insights: The best teachers blend strictness with understanding. Learning is more lasting when multiple avenues for absorbing material are provided. A principal's strong leadership is critical to a cohesive school community. Assessment should be more than testing. (TD)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC