Annotated Bibliography of 4 Journal Articles

Gilbert, Sharon L. (1997). The "Four Commonplaces of Teaching":Prospective Teachers' Beliefs About Teaching in Urban Schools. The Urban Review. Vol. 29, No. 2, 1997.

A survey of students in teacher education programs in rural and urban schools was conducted, asking the students to discuss their knowledge and beliefs about urban schools. The results portrayed an appreciation of urban teachers, denigration of urban students, use of curriculum for control and the association of violence with cities.

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Miron, Louis F.; Lauria, Mickey (1998). Student Voice as Agency: Resistance and Accomodation in Inner-City Schools. Anthropology & Education Quarterly 29 no2 189-213 Je '98.

A case study was conducted comparing two inner-city high schools - one all African American, lower- to middle-class with high admission standards and the other a diverse student body from one lower-class neighborhood. Structured interviews where held and the idea was discussed that the type of school may determine the students' sense of their ethnic and racial 'self'. The single argument makes the article easy to follow and enables an in-depth analysis.

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Saporito, Salvatore (2003). Private Choices, Public Consequences: Magnet School Choice and Segregation by Race and Poverty. Social Problems, Vol. 50, No. 2, pages 181-203.


Analyzed magnet school applications from a large city to analyze families' choices for schools that vary in racial and economic make up. The purpose was to study 3 possible reasons for school segregation: higher status families avoid certain students, school features may explain the racial make up of the school, and families' choices may be directly connected to the segregation regardless of school district policies? The author found that white families avoided schools with a lot of minorities and wealthier families avoided schools with high poverty rates. furthering the segregation.

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Bettinger, Eric P. (2005). The effect of charter schools on charter students and public schools. Economics of Education Review Volume 24, Issue 2, April 2005, Pages 133-147.

Standardized tests were compared from public school and charter school students to analyze the charter school's impact on nearby public schools. It was found that charter school students' test scores did not improve, and may decline and that the charter schools didn't impact nearby public schools' students' test scores. The study lacks breadth by only analyzing test scores and not other impacts the charter schools may have on the public schools.

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