urban education
Metropolitan learning systems
Urban education refers to schooling in cities, particularly in densely populated, economically diverse neighborhoods.
The term often implies the challenges facing public schools in lower-income areas: underfunding, overcrowded classrooms, aging facilities, and achievement gaps.
She devoted her career to urban education reform.
Urban education programs train teachers for these specific environments.
- public school systemGovernment-operated educational network
- charter schoolsIndependent public education institutions
- school choiceSelecting among educational institutions
- school zoningGeographic student assignment system
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
community engagement · language diversity · multiculturalism · transportation access · school facilities · metal detectors · digital divide · socioeconomic status · first-generation students · racial identity · federal funding · school lunch program · social mobility · teacher unions · underfunded · standardized testing · opportunity · dropout rates
- Indian EducationNIT, UGC, primary schools, secondary schools, medical colleges
- education historypublic schooling, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school, medieval universities
- school historypublic schooling, school reforms, college history, teacher training, school districts
- educationschool, schools, teachers, students, learning
- Education CharitiesTeach for America, Khan Academy, scholarship funds, educational grants, tutoring programs
- education statisticsgraduation rates, dropout rates, enrollment rates, test scores, literacy rates
urban educationrural education
Learning in non-urban areas
rural schooling · one-room schoolhouse · distance education · boarding schools · home schooling
urban educationagricultural education
Study of farming practices
outdoor education · forest schools · homeschooling · unschooling