NYLARNet Partner:
The Institute for Urban and Minority Education

(1) education as an anti-poverty strategy and as a means for upward social and economic opportunity and mobility;

(2) equality of educational opportunity and strategies for achieving equity;

(3) diversity and multiculturalism; and

(4) the reform of urban schooling.

The Institute approaches the problem of improving the quality of urban education and minority education in three ways:

(1) by conceptualizing fundamental problems and formulating systematic research programs to discover solutions;

(2) by translating and disseminating this knowledge and applying it in practical situations

(3) by developing new programs, techniques, instruments, and materials that can be disseminated in a variety of educational settings. These are accomplished through programs of research, professional development, technical assistance, knowledge dissemination, public awareness, and youth services.

Because the work of the Institute is problem-centered, it has a staff from many disciplines, who take an activist role in solving the problems of urban and minority education.

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