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The Urban Education Collaborative is pleased to host the 1st Biennial International Conference on Urban Education in Montego Bay, Jamaica. For more information on this exciting event, please visit http://www.icue2014.org
The Urban Education Collaborative at UNC Charlotte is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Pursuing Extraordinary Outcomes in Public Education National Conference on October 10, 2014 at the UNC Charlotte Center City Campus in beautiful Charlotte, NC. We are inviting you to be one of over 300 attendees from across the United States participating in […]
Collaborative Director, Dr. Chance W. Lewis presented at the 3rd Annual International Colloquium on Black Males at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA on October 2, 2014. The title of his presentation was “Black Male Teachers’ Work Satisfaction and Retention Patterns in U.S. K-12 Schools: A National Examination across School Contexts” http://www.globalcolloquium.org/
Project LIFT and The Urban Education Collaborative have partnered again to host the WestFest Event. We look forward to seeing you at this great community event.
Dr. Chance W. Lewis, Director of The Urban Education Collaborative, was recently featured in the Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine, for his co-edited book with Dr. James L. Moore III (The Ohio State University), entitled African American Male Students in PreK-12 Schools: Informing Research, Policy and Practice (Emerald Press, 2014). To read this article, […]
Laurie Garo, a doctoral fellow in The Urban Education Collaborative, published a book review entitled Streetsmart Schoolsmart: Urban Poverty and the Education of Adolescent Boys in the Urban Education academic journal. The citation is as follows: Garo, L. (2014). Book Review: Streetmart Schoolmart: Urban Poverty adn the Education of Adolescent Boys. Urban Education, 49(6), 728-737.
Dr. Chance W. Lewis, Director of The Urban Education Collaborative, was recently featured in the Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine. CLICK HERE to read the article.
Dr. Chance W. Lewis, Director of The Urban Education Collaborative, was featured on the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education website for facilitating the 3rd Annual HBCU Deans Think Tank. CLICK HERE for more information.
Lakia Scott (Doctoral Fellow) , Dr. Ayana Allen (Post Doctoral Fellow), and Dr. Chance Lewis (Director) published an article in the Journal of African American Males in Education. Scott, L.M., Allen, A., Lewis, C.W. (2014). Dispelling disparities for African American male students: A review of three successful charter school models. Journal of African American Males […]
Dr. Abiola Farinde and Dr. Ayana Allen recently published an article entitled Cultural Dissonance: Exploring the Relationship between White Female Teachers’ Perception and Urban Black Female Students’ Disciplinary Infractions in the National Journal of Urban Education & Practice. Farinde, A.A., & Allen, A. (2013). Cultural dissonance: Exploring the relationship between white female teachers’ perception and […]
Dr. Ayana Allen, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Dr. Bettie Butler, Faculty Affiliate published an article in the Journal of Progressive Policy & Practice. CLICK HERE to access article.
Dr. Chance W. Lewis, Director of The Urban Education Collaborative, was recently featured in the Charlotte Observer newspaper. To read this story, CLICK HERE.